Section 7229 Of Article 2. Elections From California Elections Code >> Division 7. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 2.

. Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or her to entitle him or her to election if he or she had lived until after the election, a vacancy exists on the county central committee, which shall be filled by the committee in the same manner as other vacancies are filled.