2007 California Elections Code Article 8. Nominated Candidates

CA Codes (elec:8140-8150)

8140.  Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary
election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for
candidates for that office shall be elected to that office.  Where
two or more candidates are to be elected to a given office and a
greater number of candidates receive a majority than the number to be
elected, those candidates shall be elected who secure the highest
votes of those receiving a majority, and equal in number to the
number to be elected.
   Where a candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office at the
primary election, that office shall not appear on the ballot at the
ensuing general election, notwithstanding the death, resignation, or
other disqualification of the candidate at a time subsequent to the
primary election.


8141.  If no candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office
pursuant to Section 8140 or if the number of candidates elected at
the primary election is less than the total number to be elected to
that office, then candidates for that office at the ensuing election
shall be those candidates not elected at the primary who received the
next highest number of votes cast for nomination to that office,
equal in number to twice the number remaining to be elected to that
office, or less, if the total number of candidates not elected is
less.


8142.  In the case of a tie vote, nonpartisan candidates receiving
the same number of votes shall be candidates at the ensuing general
election if they qualify pursuant to Section 8141 whether or not
there are more candidates at the general election than prescribed by
this article.  In no case shall the candidates determine the tie by
lot.



8143.  If the number of candidates elected at a primary election to
any nonpartisan office is less than the number of persons to be
elected to that office, there shall be printed on the ballot, in a
group, only the names of the other candidates receiving the next
highest number of votes for nomination to that office as may equal
twice the number of persons remaining to be elected to that office,
or a smaller number if the list of candidates is exhausted.   This
group shall be preceded by the designation of the office and the
words "vote for ____," the blank being filled by a number equal to
the number of persons remaining to be elected to that office.




8144.  The candidates for election to membership on the county
central committee, equal in number to the number to be elected,
receiving the highest number of votes in their supervisorial district
or Assembly district, as the case may be, shall be declared elected.




8145.  It is the duty of the officers charged with the canvass of
the returns of any primary election in any county or city to issue:
   (a) Certificates of election to each member elected to a county
central committee.
   (b) Certificates of nomination to candidates nominated for
nonpartisan offices voted for wholly within one county.



8146.  Certificates of nomination or election issued by county or
municipal officers shall be issued immediately upon the completion of
the canvass of the returns at the primary election.



8147.  The Secretary of State shall issue certificates of nomination
to candidates nominated for Representatives in Congress, Members of
the State Senate and Assembly, members of the State Board of
Equalization, and for all statewide offices.




8148.  Not less than 68 days before the general election, the
Secretary of State shall deliver to the appropriate county elections
official a certificate showing:
   (a) The name of every person entitled to receive votes within that
county at the general election who has received the nomination as a
candidate for public office pursuant to this chapter.
   (b) For each nominee the name of the party that has nominated him
or her, if any.
   (c) The designation of the public office for which he or she has
been nominated.


8149.  The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of
candidates for each office according to Assembly districts, in the
order of arrangement prescribed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section
13100) of Division 13.  In the case of each county containing more
than one Assembly district, he or she shall transmit separate lists
for each Assembly district.



8150.  The certificate of the Secretary of State showing candidates
nominated or selected at a primary election, and justices of the
Supreme Court and courts of appeal to appear on the general elections
ballot, shall be substantially in the following form:
      CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY OF STATE SHOWING CANDIDATES NOMINATED
OR SELECTED AT PRIMARY ELECTION
SECRETARY OF STATE
    To the County Elections Official of ____ County:
   I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that below are
stated the names of those persons entitled to receive votes within
your county at the general election who have (1) received partisan
nominations or have been selected as candidates for office at the
primary election or (2) in the case of justices of the Supreme Court
or the courts of appeal, are the justices who are subject to
confirmation by the voters at the general election.  These
nominations and selections are evidenced by the compilation and
statement required to be made by me and filed in my office.  Set
forth along with their respective names, other than the names of
justices of the Supreme Court or the courts of appeal, there is shown
the candidate's designation of his or her office, profession,
vocation or occupation, and there is also shown separately and
respectively for each nominee the name of the political party or
organization, if any, that has nominated him or her and the
designation of the public office for which he or she is so nominated.



                       STATE (AND DISTRICT) OFFICES

                       (Candidate's
                        designation
                        of office,
       (Name of         occupation,
      candidate)           etc.)          (Party)          (Office)
    ______________    _____________    _____________
______________
    ______________    _____________    _____________
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    ______________    _____________    _____________
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                            _________ District


                          CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES

    ______________    _____________    _____________
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    ______________    _____________    _____________
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    ______________    _____________    _____________
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                            ________ District


                           LEGISLATIVE OFFICES

    ______________    _____________    _____________
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    ______________    _____________    _____________
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    ______________    _____________    _____________
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                            ________ District


                   SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

    ___________________    ____________________
___________________
    ___________________    ____________________
___________________
    ___________________    ____________________
___________________

   I also certify that at the state conventions that met, according
to law, at the State Capitol on the ____ day of ____, 20__, the
following persons were nominated as electors of President and Vice
President of the United States, for the parties respectively
hereinafter placed at the head of the column containing their
respective names, and you are hereby directed to print the names of
the candidates for President and Vice President for whom those
electors have pledged themselves to vote, upon the official ballots
to be used at the general election, as representing the candidates of
their respective parties for that office.


                          PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS

    _________________________ Party    _________________________
Party
    _____________________ President    _____________________
President
    ________________ Vice President    ________________ Vice
President

    1  ____________________________    1
____________________________
    2  ____________________________    2
____________________________
    3  ____________________________    3
____________________________
                   etc.                              etc.

       Dated at Sacramento, California, this _____ day of _____,
20__.


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       (SEAL)                            Secretary of State