Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 17 > Chapter 2 - Nomination Documents

• board: means any entity listed in Section 101, the entities referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600, the State Bar, the Department of Real Estate, and any other state agency that issues a license, certificate, or registration authorizing a person to engage in a business or profession. See California Business and Professions Code 31
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
• Nomination documents: means declaration of candidacy and nomination papers. See California Elections Code 333