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California Elections Code

§ 5151

ELEC § 5151 Effective Jun 27, 2016Div. 5 · Ch. 2.5
A party is qualified to participate in a presidential general election under any of the following conditions:
(a)The party qualified to participate and participated in the presidential primary election preceding the presidential general election pursuant to Section 5100.
(b)(1) At the last preceding gubernatorial primary election, the sum of the votes cast for all of the candidates for an office voted on throughout the state who disclosed a preference for that party on the ballot was at least 2 percent of the entire vote of the state for that office.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 32, Sec. 57. (SB 837) Effective June 27, 2016.

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