Section 8121 Of Article 7. Certified List Of Candidates From California Elections Code >> Division 8. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 7.
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. (a) Not less than five days before he or she transmits the
certified list of candidates to the county elections officials, as
provided in Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall notify each
candidate for partisan office and voter-nominated office of the
names, addresses, offices, occupations, and party preferences of all
other persons who have filed for the same office.
(b) (1) Beginning not less than five days before he or she
transmits the certified list of candidates to the county elections
officials, as required by Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall
post, in a conspicuous place on his or her Internet Web site, the
party preference history of each candidate for voter-nominated office
for the preceding 10 years, or for as long as he or she has been
eligible to vote in the state if less than 10 years. The candidates'
party preference history shall be continuously posted until such time
as the official canvass is completed for the general or special
election at which a candidate is elected to the voter-nominated
office sought, except that, in the case of a candidate who
participated in the primary election and who was not nominated to
participate in the general election, the candidate's party preference
history need not continue to be posted following the completion of
the official canvass for the primary election in question.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "party preference history"
also refers to the candidate's history of party registration during
the 10 years preceding the effective date of this section.
(3) The Secretary of State shall also conspicuously post on the
same Internet Web site as that containing the candidates' party
preference history the notice specified by subdivision (b) of Section
9083.5.