Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 21 > Chapter 6.7 - County of Fresno Citizens Redistricting Commission

• 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
• Board: means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Fresno. See California Elections Code 21560
• candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
• Commission: means the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Fresno established pursuant to Section 21562. See California Elections Code 21560
• 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:

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• Immediate family member: means a spouse, child, in-law, parent, or sibling. See California Elections Code 21560
• license: includes certificate or permit. See California Business and Professions Code 5096.7
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Software: includes all programs, voting devices, cards, ballot cards or papers, operating manuals or instructions, test procedures, printouts, and other nonmechanical or nonelectrical items necessary to the operation of a voting system. See California Elections Code 355
• Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Elections Code 356.5
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359