{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 8","heading":"","body":"As used in this code, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine; and the singular includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [1. - 362.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [1. - 21.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"c385bcbaf30dc13a4087103cf05eb777a9286ab81d67aa53cf28b6a0dcd6100c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-7","next":"us-ca/elec-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}