§ 7660 Party Member Removal Rules

Elections Code·California

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•If you join another political party while on the committee, you can be kicked out.
•If you tell people not to vote for your party’s candidate, you can be removed.
•If you support a candidate from another party against your own party’s candidate, you can be kicked out.

Example

A person on the committee starts campaigning for a candidate from a different party instead of their own party’s candidate.

The committee can remove this person because they are supporting someone from another party.

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§ 7660 Party Member Removal Rules

A committee may remove any member who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party. A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of this party for any office, or who gives support or avows a preference for a candidate of another party who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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committee member ex officio member nominee another party

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 7660.

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