Section 8025 Of Article 2. Nomination Documents From California Elections Code >> Division 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
8025
. If a candidate who has declared a candidacy for a nomination
at the direct primary election for a voter-nominated office dies
after the last day prescribed for the delivery of nomination
documents to the elections official, as provided in Section 8020, but
not less than 83 days before the election, any person, regardless of
his or her party preference or lack of party preference, may
circulate and deliver nomination documents for the office to the
elections official up to 5 p.m. on the 74th day prior to the
election. In that case, the elections official shall, immediately
after receipt of those nomination documents, certify and transmit
them to the Secretary of State in the manner specified in this
article.