Section 13207 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Elections Code >> Division 13. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) There shall be printed on the ballot in parallel columns
all of the following:
(1) The respective offices.
(2) The names of candidates with sufficient blank spaces to allow
the voters to write in names not printed on the ballot, except that
no spaces shall be printed for voter-nominated offices at a general
election.
(3) Whatever measures have been submitted to the voters.
(b) In the case of a ballot which is intended for use in a party
primary and which carries partisan offices, voter-nominated offices,
and nonpartisan offices, a vertical solid black line shall divide the
columns containing partisan offices, on the left, from the columns
containing nonpartisan offices and voter-nominated offices, on the
right.
(c) The standard width of columns containing partisan offices,
nonpartisan offices, and voter-nominated offices, shall be three
inches except that an elections official may vary the width of these
columns by up to three-tenths of an inch. The column containing
presidential and vice presidential candidates may be as wide as four
inches.
(d) A measure that is to be submitted to the voters shall be
printed in one or more parallel columns to the right of the columns
containing the names of candidates and shall be of sufficient width
to contain the title and summary of the measure. To the right of the
title and summary shall be printed, on separate lines, the words "Yes"
and "No."