2007 California Elections Code Article 5. Preparation, Circulation And Filing Of Nominating Papers

CA Codes (elec:6780-6798)

6780.  This article applies to the nomination of a candidate for the
presidential preference portion of the primary ballot, to the
nomination of a slate of delegates pledged to the candidacy of a
particular candidate, and to the nomination of a slate of delegates
not expressing a preference for a particular candidate.




6781.  Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed and
verified shall be left for examination with the elections official of
the county in which they are circulated, at least 74 days prior to
the presidential primary.


6782.  Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential
primary ballot may sign only one paper.  The signer shall add her or
his printed name and place of residence indicating city and giving
the street and number, if any.


6783.  Any nomination paper may be presented in sections.  Each
section shall contain the name of the presidential preference
candidate, or the names of the candidates for delegates comprising
the group, and, if applicable, that they have expressed a preference
for a named person as candidate for presidential nominee of the
party.  Each section shall bear the name of the county in which it is
circulated.  Only voters of the county registered as affiliated with
the Peace and Freedom Party are competent to sign.



6784.  Each section shall be prepared with the lines, for signatures
numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator
who obtained signatures to it, stating, under penalty of perjury,
that she or he is a voter registered as affiliated with the Peace and
Freedom Party, that all the signatures to the attached section were
made in her or his presence, and that to the best of her or his
knowledge and belief each signature to the section is the genuine
signature of the person whose name it purports to be.  No other
declaration is required to be made.



6785.  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the
signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters
registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party until it is
otherwise proven by comparison of the signatures with the affidavits
of registration in the office of the elections official.




6786.  The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential
preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the
following form:


            SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER
                ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
                         PRIMARY CANDIDATE

                                    Section ___________ Page
___________
                                            County of
_________________.

     Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the
  Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.

  State of California    )
  County of _________    )  ss.

                         SIGNER'S STATEMENT

     I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____, State of
  California, and am registered as affiliated with the Peace and
Freedom
  Party.  I hereby nominate ____ for the presidential preference
portion
  of the Peace and Freedom Party's presidential primary ballot, to be

  voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of

  June, 20__.  I have not signed the nomination paper of any other
  candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates to the

  national convention of the ____ Party, with which the Peace and
Freedom
  Party of California is affiliated on the national level.


______________________________________________________________________
_

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                                                      Residence
                                  Printed          street address
  Number       Signature           name                /city

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    1.
______________________________________________________________
    2.
______________________________________________________________
    3.
______________________________________________________________
   etc.
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________
_


                      CIRCULATOR'S DECLARATION

     I, ______, affirm that I am a voter registered as affiliated
with
  the Peace and Freedom Party in ____ County, that I secured
signatures
  in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a candidate in the

  presidential preference primary of the Peace and Freedom Party,
that
  all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered

  from 1 to ____, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the
  signatures were obtained between ______, 20__, and ______, 20__,
and
  that to the best of my knowledge and belief each signature is the
  genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
     I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true
and
  correct.

     Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20__.

                                   (Signed)
____________________________
                                                          Circulator
                                   (Printed name)
______________________



6787.  The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates
to the national convention shall be in substantially the following
form:


           SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
             BEHALF OF GROUP OF CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATES
                       TO NATIONAL CONVENTION

                               Section ____________ Page ____________

                                       County of
____________________.

     Nomination paper of group of candidates for election as
delegates
  by the Peace and Freedom Party pledged to the candidacy of ____ as
  presidential nominee, or expressing no preference, as the case may
  be.

  State of California    )
  County of _________    )  ss.

                        SIGNER'S STATEMENT

     I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____, State of
  California, and am registered as affiliated with the Peace and
  Freedom Party.  I hereby nominate the following:

  ___________________________________________________________________

  -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                  Residence
                                   city or
  Number         Names              town             County
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
   1.  ____________________________________________________________
   2.  ____________________________________________________________
   3.  ____________________________________________________________
  etc. ____________________________________________________________
  ___________________________________________________________________


  (to the number as may be required) as candidates for delegate to
the
  national convention of the ____ Party, with which the Peace and
  Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level, to

  be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day

  of March, 20__.  I have not signed the nomination paper of any
other
  group of candidates for delegates to the national convention or of
  any candidate for the presidential preference portion of the
primary
  ballot.

  ___________________________________________________________________

  -------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    Residence
                                 Printed          street address
  Number       Signature          name               /city
  -------------------------------------------------------------------
   1.  ____________________________________________________________
   2.  ____________________________________________________________
   3.  ____________________________________________________________
  etc. ____________________________________________________________
  ___________________________________________________________________



                        CIRCULATOR'S DECLARATION

     I, ______, affirm that I am a voter registered as affiliated
with
  the Peace and Freedom Party in ____ County, that I secured
  signatures in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of the
  group of candidates named in the signer's statement above as
  candidates for nomination and election by the Peace and Freedom
  Party as delegates to represent the Peace and Freedom Party of
  California in the ____ Party's next national convention, that all
  the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered
from
  1 to ____, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the signatures

  were obtained between ____, 20__, and ____, 20__, and that to the
  best of my knowledge and belief each signature is the genuine
  signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
  I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
  correct.

     Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20__.

                                   (Signed)
__________________________
                                                     Circulator
                                   (Printed name)
____________________




6791.  Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of
the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 104
nor less than 74 days prior to the presidential primary.



6792.  Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified,
shall be returned by the verification deputy who circulated it to the
candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives.  All the
sections circulated in any county shall be collected by the
candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives, who shall
arrange and leave the sections with the elections official for
examination.



6793.  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any
candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.



6794.  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated
and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by
voters in different counties shall not be fastened together.



6795.  The elections official shall examine all nomination papers
left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark
"not sufficient" the name of any voter of that county that does not
appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in the
office of the elections official.  The elections official shall also
disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name of any voter of the
county who is not registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom
Party.



6796.  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with
the elections official for examination, the elections official shall:

   (a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or
he has examined them and stating the number of names that have not
been marked "not sufficient."
   (b) Transmit the papers with the certificate of examination to the
Secretary of State, who shall file the papers.



6797.  The certificate of the elections official to nomination
papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in
substantially the following form:


         CERTIFICATE OF ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO NOMINATION
           PAPERS OF CANDIDATE OR GROUP OF CANDIDATES

  To the Secretary of State:
     I, County Elections Official of the County of ____, hereby
  certify that I have examined the nomination papers, to which this
  certificate is attached, of the presidential candidate or group
  of candidates for delegates at the ensuing presidential primary,
  and that the number of names which I have not marked "not
  sufficient" is __________.
     The candidate or group of candidates named in the nomination
  papers comprise the following (state names of candidates):
  __________________     ___________________    ___________________
  __________________     ___________________    ___________________
  __________________     ___________________    ___________________
        etc.                     etc.                   etc.

     Dated this ________ day of ________, 20__.
                                      _____________________________
     (SEAL)                             County Elections Official
                                      By __________________________
                                                        Deputy



6798.  (a) Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the
nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary
ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate or his or
her duly authorized representative of that fact.
   (b) Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the
nomination of a group of candidates for delegates, the Secretary of
State shall notify the chairperson of the committee of that fact.
   (c) In each case, the Secretary of State shall advise the person
receiving the notification that no more signatures will be received.