California Elections Code

§ 13118

ELEC § 13118 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 13 · Ch. 2

Statute text

The following rules apply when a person who is a candidate for an office believes that another person with a name that is so similar that it may be confused with the candidate’s name has filed or will file a nomination paper for the same office:

(a)The candidate may, at the time of filing the candidate’s nomination paper, or within five days after the time for filing nomination papers has expired, file with the elections official a statement that shall be in substance as follows: “I ____, believe that another person, whose name is so similar to mine that it may be confused with mine, has filed or will file a nomination paper for the same office for which I have filed a nomination paper, and I therefore request and direct that the elections official assign a number to each candidate with a similar name to be printed on the ballot as a distinguishing mark. Name Candidate for the office of ”

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 863, Sec. 2. (AB 623) Effective January 1, 2020.