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Home » US Law » 2022 California Code » Elections Code - ELEC » DIVISION 5 - POLITICAL PARTY QUALIFICATIONS » CHAPTER 2.5 - Parties Qualified to Participate in the Presidential General Election

Section 5150.

5150. This chapter applies to a political body that did not qualify to participate in a presidential primary election pursuant to Section 5100 but nevertheless seeks qualification to participate in the following presidential general election through the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States by nominating convention, or some means […]

Section 5151.

5151. 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 […]

Section 5152.

5152. (a) Upon the occurrence of the gubernatorial election, each party shall have its qualifications reviewed by the Secretary of State. A party that does not meet the standards for qualification set forth in Section 5151 shall be prohibited from participating in the presidential general election. A party shall maintain its qualification to participate in any […]

Section 5153.

5153. Whenever the registration of any party that qualified in the previous general election falls below one-fifteenth of 1 percent of the total state registration, that party shall not be qualified to participate in a presidential general election but shall be deemed to have been abandoned by the voters. The Secretary of State shall immediately […]

Section 5154.

5154. No party shall be recognized or qualified to participate in a presidential general election that either directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets the overthrow by any unlawful means of, or that directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets a program of sabotage, force and violence, […]