2007 California Elections Code Article 2. Number And Certification Of Delegates And Alternates

CA Codes (elec:6020-6024)

6020.  (a) The Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee
shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day
preceding the presidential primary as to the number of delegates and
alternates to represent the state in the next national convention of
the Democratic Party.
   (b) The chairperson shall also notify the Secretary of State at
the time prescribed in subdivision (a) as to the number of delegates
that may be selected from each congressional district in connection
with the presidential primary.  The number of delegates that may be
selected from each congressional district shall be based on a formula
that apportions 75 percent of the state's base delegation allocated
by the Democratic National Committee, among the congressional
districts in a manner that gives equal weight to the vote for the
Democratic candidates in the most recent presidential and
gubernatorial elections.
   The number of delegates allocated to each congressional district
shall be rounded off to the nearest whole integer.  The remaining
delegates and alternates shall be selected pursuant to Article 11
(commencing with Section 6200).
   (c) Delegates and alternate delegates apportioned to each
congressional district shall be selected based on the proportion of
the vote a presidential candidate or uncommitted delegation receives
within the congressional district pursuant to Section 6200.



6021.  (a) All persons wishing to be elected to a district-level or
at-large delegate or alternate position shall file a statement of
candidacy designating the presidential or uncommitted preference of
the delegate candidate, and a signed pledge of support for the
presidential candidate the person favors, if any, with the state
party chair by a time specified by the party chair.
   (b) If persons eligible for pledged party and elected official
delegate positions have not made known their presidential preference
under subdivision (a), their preferences shall be ascertained through
alternative procedure established by the Democratic State Party.  An
alternative system may have a later deadline for submitting a pledge
of support than the regular procedure.
   (c) All presidential candidates or uncommitted delegations shall
hold caucuses to select congressional district delegate candidates
and alternate delegate candidates pursuant to Section 6086.




6023.  The notification of the number of delegates and alternate
delegates shall be in substantially the following form:
      Statement of Number of Delegates and Alternate Delegates to
Democratic National Convention and of Number of Delegates and
Alternate Delegates to Be Selected from Congressional Districts
    To the Secretary of State
   Sacramento, California

   You are hereby notified that the number of delegates and alternate
delegates to represent the State of California in the next national
convention of the Democratic Party is ____.
   You are hereby notified that the number of delegates which may be
selected from all congressional districts as a part of the delegation
to the national convention of the Democratic Party is as follows:

   Congressional District No. 1.  __ delegates __ alternates.
   Congressional District No. 2.  __ delegates __ alternates.
   Congressional District No. 3.  __ delegates __ alternates.
   (Followed by the remaining congressional districts).

   You are hereby notified that the number of pledged party and
elected official delegates, at-large delegates, and at-large
alternate delegates is as follows:
   Unpledged Party Leaders and Elected Officials ___
   Unpledged Add-on Delegates ____
   Pledged Party and Elected Official Delegates ____
   At-large Delegates ________________
   At-large Alternate Delegates ___________

   Dated this ____ day of ____, 19_.


                    _______________________________________________
                     Chairperson of the State Central Committee of
                                 the Democratic Party.



6024.  If the Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee
fails to file the notice required by Section 6020 with the Secretary
of State, the Secretary of State shall ascertain the total number of
delegates from the call for the national convention issued by the
National Committee of the Democratic Party and shall compute the
number of delegates which may be selected from each congressional
district from the formula specified in Section 6020.