{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-8653","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 8653","heading":"","body":"Only those names written on the ballot at the general election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States for which a group of presidential electors are pledged on the declaration of write-in candidacy filed pursuant to Section 8650 shall be counted as votes.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","PART 3. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES [8600. - 8700.]","CHAPTER 2. Presidential Electors [8650. - 8653.]"],"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":"c89d2251d402aad3cb4cafa370a23ae487d4ab4019b7fec6e1d3df6ee56efe88","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-8652","next":"us-ca/elec-8700"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}