Section 332.5 Of Chapter 4. Definitions From California Elections Code >> Division 0.5. >> Chapter 4.

. "Nominate" means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office.