(a) “General election” means either of the following:

(1) The election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In California Elections Code 324

(2) Any statewide election held on a regular election date as specified in Section 1000.

(b) At each general election there shall be elected to the Congress of the United States:

(1) One Representative for each congressional district.

(2) One Senator, when the general election immediately precedes the commencement of a full term.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)