{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-8300","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 8300","heading":"","body":"A candidate for a partisan office, including that of presidential elector, may be nominated subsequent to, or by other means than, a primary election pursuant to this chapter. A candidate for nonpartisan office or for voter-nominated office may be nominated subsequent to, or by other means than, a primary election pursuant to this chapter only if a candidate was not nominated or elected at the primary election for that office.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","PART 2. INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS [8300. - 8550.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [8300. - 8304.]"],"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":"db5a65a2f3afcc536e41172ca3f6b55cd5c8a6f0a8126a24e260929916413c76","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-8228","next":"us-ca/elec-8301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}