Art. II, § 6

Nonpartisan offices

Limit Voting & Elections Art. II · Voting, Initiative and Referendum, and Recall

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(a) All judicial, school, county, and city offices, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall be nonpartisan.

(b) A political party or party central committee shall not nominate a candidate for nonpartisan office, and the candidate’s party preference shall not be included on the ballot for the nonpartisan office.

History: Sec. 6 amended June 8, 2010, by Prop. 14. Res.Ch. 2, 2009. Operative Jan. 1, 2011.

Simplified explanation

All judicial, school, county, and city offices, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall be nonpartisan. Parties shall not nominate candidates for nonpartisan office, and a candidate's party preference shall not be on the ballot.