Section 13302 Of Chapter 4. Sample Ballots And Voter Pamphlets From California Elections Code >> Division 13. >> Chapter 4.
13302
. (a) The county elections official shall forthwith submit the
sample ballot of each political party to the chairperson of the
county central committee of that party, and shall mail a copy to each
candidate for whom nomination papers have been filed in his or her
office or whose name has been certified to him or her by the
Secretary of State, to the post office address given in the
nomination paper or certification. The county elections official
shall post a copy of each sample ballot in a conspicuous place in his
or her office.
(b) In connection with an election at which a candidate for a
voter-nominated office will appear on the ballot, a qualified
political party may submit to the county elections official a list of
all candidates for voter-nominated office who will appear on a
ballot in the county in question, and who have been endorsed by the
party by whatever lawful mechanism the party adopts for endorsing
candidates for voter-nominated office. If a political party timely
submits a list to the county elections official pursuant to this
subdivision, the county elections official shall print the names of
the candidates for voter-nominated office who were endorsed by that
political party in the voter information portion of the sample
ballot. The party chairperson shall provide a written copy of the
list of candidates endorsed by the party not later than 83 days prior
to the election at which the candidate for a voter-nominated office
will appear on the ballot.