{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-8606","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 8606","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be a write-in candidate at the general election for a voter-nominated office.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","PART 3. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES [8600. - 8700.]","CHAPTER 1. General [8600. - 8606.]"],"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":"10e4349dfaba3dd878eef1c01e0d027b52c6b92e37b98bed6e6b48a811f298b5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-8605","next":"us-ca/elec-8650"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}