§ 13310 Election Candidate Statement Waiver

• •The election board can choose to ignore Section 13307 before the nomination period starts.
• •That choice only works if the U.S. Supreme Court or California Supreme Court says non‑indigent candidates can’t be forced to pay for their own statements.
• •If the courts don’t make that ruling, Section 13307 still applies.

A city is holding an election for mayor. Before people can start nominating candidates, the city’s election board votes to say Section 13307 doesn’t apply to this race.

If the highest courts later rule that non‑poor candidates can’t be required to pay for their own campaign ads, then the board’s decision to skip Section 13307 becomes active and the rule won’t be used for this mayoral election.