§ 7215 Party Member Removal Rules

Elections Code·California

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•If you're on a committee, you can't join or support another political party while you're a member.
•You can't tell people not to vote for your party's candidate.
•You can't support or say you like a candidate from another party or someone running against your party's candidate.

Example

Imagine you're on a school's student council for the Blue Team. You can't join the Red Team or tell kids to vote for the Red Team's leader instead of the Blue Team's leader.

If you do that, the Blue Team can kick you off the council because you're not supporting your own team.

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§ 7215 Party Member Removal Rules

A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party, 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 or candidate 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 ex officio member affiliates with registers as a member of another party publicly advocates gives support avows a preference

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 7215.

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