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2007 California Elections Code Article 3. Form Of Nomination Documents
CA Codes (elec:8040-8041)
ELECTIONS CODESECTION 8040-8041
8040. (a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be substantially as follows: DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY I hereby declare myself a ____ Party candidate for nomination to the office of ____ District Number ____ to be voted for at the primary election to be held ____, 20__, and declare the following to be true: My name is ____________________________________________________. I want my name and occupational designation to appear on the ballot as follows: ________. Addresses: Residence ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Business ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Mailing ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Telephone numbers: Day _________ Evening ___________ Web site: ________________________ I meet the statutory and constitutional qualifications for this office (including, but not limited to, citizenship, residency, and party affiliation, if required). I am at present an incumbent of the following public office (if any) ____. If nominated, I will accept the nomination and not withdraw. ________________________________________ Signature of candidate State of California ) County of _________ ) ss. ) Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ____, 20__. _________________________________________ Notary Public (or other official) Examined and certified by me this ________ day of _______, 20__. _________________________________________ County Elections Official WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any declaration of candidacy in his or her possession which is entitled to be filed under the provisions of the Elections Code Section 18202. (b) A candidate for a judicial office may not be required to state his or her residential address on the declaration of candidacy. However, in cases where the candidate does not state his or her residential address on the declaration of candidacy, the elections official shall verify whether his or her address is within the appropriate political subdivision and add the notation "verified" where appropriate. 8041. (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the following form: NOMINATION PAPER I, the undersigned signer for ______ for the ____ Party nomination to the office of ____, to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, hereby assert as follows: I am a resident of ____ County and registered to vote at the address shown on this paper and affiliated with the ____ Party. I am not at this time a signer of any other nomination paper of any other candidate for the above-named office, or in case there are several places to be filled in the above-named office, I have not signed more nomination papers than there are places to be filled in the above-named office. My residence is correctly set forth after my signature hereto: Name _________________________________________________________ Residence ____________________________________________________ (b) The affidavit of the circulator shall read as follows: AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCULATOR I, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) that the signatures on this section of the nomination paper were obtained between _____, 20__, and _____, 20__; that I circulated the petition and I saw the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being written; and that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. My voting residence is ________. Signed _______________________________________________ Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20__. ___________________________________________ (SEAL) Notary Public (or other official) Examined and certified by me this _____ day of ______, 20__. ______________________________ Elections Official WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any nomination paper in his or her possession which is entitled to be filed under Section 18202 of the Elections Code.
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