2007 California Elections Code Article 7. Certified List Of Candidates

CA Codes (elec:8120-8125)

8120.  At least 68 days before the direct primary, the Secretary of
State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified
list of candidates who are eligible to be voted for in his or her
county at the direct primary.


8121.  Not less than five days before he or she transmits the
certified list of candidates to the county elections officials, as
provided in Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall notify each
candidate for partisan office of the names, addresses, offices,
occupations, and party affiliations of all other persons who have
filed for the same office.



8122.  The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of
candidates for nomination to each office according to Assembly
districts, in the order of arrangement prescribed in Chapter 2
(commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13.  In the case of each
county containing more than one Assembly district, the Secretary of
State shall transmit separate lists for each Assembly district.



8123.  The Secretary of State, at the time he or she transmits the
list of candidates to the county elections official, shall inform the
county elections official of the address of each candidate.



8124.  The certified list of candidates sent to each county
elections official by the Secretary of State shall show:
   (a) The name of each candidate.
   (b) The office for which each person is a candidate.
   (c) The party each person represents, unless the office is
nonpartisan.


8125.  The certified list of candidates sent to each county
elections official by the Secretary of State shall be in
substantially the following form:

      CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR NOMINATION
SECRETARY OF STATE
To the County Elections Official of ____ County:
   I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following
list contains the name of each person for whom nomination papers have
been filed in my office and who is entitled to be voted for in the
above-named county at the direct primary election to be held on the
____ day of ____, 19_, the designation of the office for which each
person is a candidate, his or her name being stated under the name of
the party he or she represents, except in the case of a nonpartisan
office.


                               ____________ PARTY

                          STATE (AND DISTRICT) OFFICES

                (Title of office)             (Name of candidate)
          ____________________________
____________________________
          ____________________________
____________________________
          ____________________________
____________________________
                               _________ District


                              CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES
                    (Including United States Senator, if any)

          ____________________________
____________________________
          ____________________________
____________________________
                               _________ District


                              LEGISLATIVE OFFICES

          ____________________________
____________________________
          ____________________________
____________________________
                               _________ District
                               _________ District


                               ____________ PARTY

                          STATE (AND DISTRICT) OFFICES

   I further certify the following list contains the name of each
person for whom nomination papers have been filed in my office,
together with a designation of the office for which each person is a
candidate, and that each person is entitled to be voted for in your
county at that election by any registered qualified elector of your
county, whether registered as intending to affiliate with any
political party or not.


                              NONPARTISAN OFFICES

                     SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

          ____________________________
_____________________________
          ____________________________
_____________________________

             Dated at Sacramento, California, this ____ day of
_______,
          19__.

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             (SEAL)                            Secretary of State