{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-8301","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 8301","heading":"","body":"A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at the primary election, is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate.","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":"8790633e51f498139d85c27f54ca82b2325d5491a0998dc8da2d15eb74d7f443","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-8300","next":"us-ca/elec-8302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}