California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 8452

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 228, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.

A county elections official or a deputy county elections official may not circulate nomination papers, and circulators shall not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election booth or polling place. This section does not prohibit a county elections official or a deputy county elections official from circulating his or her own nomination papers.

Cite this section

Cal. Elec. Code § 8452 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/elec/division-8-nominations/part-2-independent-nominations/chapter-4-circulators/section-8452

Other sections in Chapter 4 - Circulators

§ 8451§ 8452§ 8454

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