2007 California Elections Code Article 4. Qualification Of Group Of Candidates For National Convention Delegate Portion Of Primary Ballot

CA Codes (elec:6760-6769)

6760.  Any five or more voters of the state who are registered as
affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party may join as a committee
in proposing the nomination of a group of candidates for delegates.
The committee may elect its officers, select the candidates for
delegates, select the chairperson of the committee, secure the
endorsement of the person, if any, preferred by the committee as
candidate for presidential nominee, appoint alternates, assemble and
file all necessary papers, and take all other action that may be
necessary for the organization and election of the group. The
committee in performing its functions may act through its officers or
designated representatives.



6761.  The committee, on or before the 104th day before the
presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State
a statement containing the name of the committee and the names,
residence addresses and telephone numbers of at least five of its
members, and its officers.



6762.  The number of candidates for delegate grouped on a nomination
paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected
by the Peace and Freedom Party.



6763.  The names of the grouped candidates shall be so selected that
the portion of the candidates for national convention delegates
residing in the northern and southern territories shall be
proportional, to the nearest whole number, to the portion of the
state's Peace and Freedom Party registered voters residing in each
territory as computed and certified by the Secretary of State
pursuant to Section 6743.  If the names are not so selected, the
names shall not be certified by the Secretary of State.



6764.  The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater
than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in
the manner prescribed by Section 6763.



6765.  Each group of candidates for delegate that intends to pledge
itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential
nominee shall have the endorsement of the candidate for presidential
nominee for whom the members of the group have filed a preference.
The endorsement of the candidate for presidential nominee shall be
filed with the Secretary of State before the circulation of any
nomination papers of a group of candidates pledged to the support of
her or his candidacy as presidential nominee.



6766.  Any candidate for delegate whose nomination paper is filed in
more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any
group.


6767.  Each candidate for Peace and Freedom Party delegate to the
national convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before
the circulation of nomination papers of the group of candidates of
which she or he is a member, a declaration which shall state all of
the following:
   (a) Her or his residence, with street and number, if any.
   (b) That she or he is a voter registered as affiliated with the
Peace and Freedom Party at her or his residence address.
   (c) That she or he is a candidate for office of delegate.
   (d) That she or he will not withdraw as a candidate before the
presidential primary.
   (e) That she or he will qualify as a delegate if elected.
   (f) In the case of a candidate for delegate on a slate of
delegates pledging itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate
for presidential nominee, the following statement:  "I personally
prefer ____ as the nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party for
President of the United States, and hereby declare to the voters of
the Peace and Freedom Party in the State of California that if
elected as delegate to the national convention, I shall to the best
of my judgment and ability, support ____ as the nominee of the Peace
and Freedom Party for President of the United States."
   (g) In the case of a candidate for delegate on a slate of
delegates not expressing a preference for a particular presidential
candidate the following statement:  "I express no preference for a
particular presidential candidate.  The chairperson of my group is
____."
   The name of a candidate for presidential nominee shall not be
placed on the ballot unless this declaration has been properly filed
by each candidate for delegate of the group supporting the candidate.



6768.  The declaration of a candidate for delegate shall be in
substantially the following form:


                     DECLARATION OF CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE

      State of California   )
      County of _________   )  ss.

         I, ________, reside and am a registered voter at
      ______________________________________________________,
                         (street address)
      in the ___________________ of ________________________,
               (city or town)

      in the county of ____, State of California.
         I desire to be a candidate, at the presidential primary to
be
      held on the ____ day of June 19__, for delegate to the next
national
      convention of the ____ Party with which the Peace and Freedom
      Party of California is affiliated on the national level and I
will
      qualify as a delegate if elected.
         I personally prefer ____ as the nominee of the Peace and
      Freedom Party for President of the United States, and hereby
declare
      to the voters of the Peace and Freedom Party in the State of
      California that if elected as delegate to the national party
      convention, I shall to the best of my judgment and ability,
      support ____ as the nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party for
      President of the United States.  (This statement of preference
shall
      be omitted where the candidate for delegate is part of a group
not
      expressing a preference for a particular presidential
candidate.)
         I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is
true and
      correct.
         Executed at ______, California, this ____ day of ____, 19__.



                               (Signed)
________________________________




6769.  Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be
signed by voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom
Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of
persons registered as members of the Peace and Freedom Party, as
reflected in the reports of registration transmitted to the Secretary
of State on the 135th day before the presidential primary.