California CodesCalifornia Constitution - CONSArticle VII — Public Officers and EmployeesSection 8

(a) Every person shall be disqualified from holding any office of profit in this State who shall have been convicted of having given or offered a bribe to procure personal election or appointment.

(b) Laws shall be made to exclude persons convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, malfeasance in office, or other high crimes from office or serving on juries. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.

Notes

Bars anyone convicted of giving or offering a bribe to secure personal election or appointment from holding any office of profit in California. Requires laws excluding persons convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, official malfeasance, or other high crimes from office or jury service and protecting elections against undue influence through adequate penalties.

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