2010 California Code
Elections Code
Article 5. Preparation, Circulation, And Filing Of Nomination Papers

6580.  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.




6581.  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.


6582.  Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential
primary ballot may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his
or her intention to support the presidential preference candidate or
the group of candidates for delegates, add his or her place of
residence, and give his or her street and number if any.



6583.  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 intending to
affiliate with the American Independent Party are competent to sign.



6584.  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures
numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who
obtained signatures to it, stating, under penalty of perjury, that
all the signatures to the attached section were made in his or her
presence, and that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief
each signature to the section is the genuine signature of the person
whose name it purports to be. No other affidavit is required.



6585.  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the
signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters,
until it is otherwise proved by comparison of the signatures with the
affidavits of registration in the office of the elections official.



6586.  The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential
preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the
following form:

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     SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
       BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY
                       CANDIDATE
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                               Section ____ Page ____
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  County of ____. Nomination paper of a presidential
  preference candidate for the American Independent
  Party
  presidential primary ballot.
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  State of              |  ) |
  California            |  ) |ss.
  County of ____________|    |
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                   SIGNER'S STATEMENT
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  I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of
  ____, State
  of California, and am registered as intending to
  affiliate with the
  American Independent Party.  I hereby nominate
  ____ for the
  presidential preference portion of the American
  Independent
  Party's presidential primary ballot, to be voted
  for at the
  presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of
  ____,
  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, and I further
  declare that I intend
  to support the candidate named herein.
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    I, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) that I secured
signatures in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a
candidate in the presidential preference primary of the American
Independent 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.

                 (Signed)___________________________
                              Circulator



6587.  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 American Independent
  Party pledged
  to the candidacy of ____ as presidential nominee
  or expressing
  no preference, as the case may be.
  State of                 )
  California               )  ss.
  County of ____________
                   SIGNER'S STATEMENT
  I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of
  ____, State
  of California, and am registered as intending to
  affiliate with the
  American Independent Party.  I hereby nominate the
  following:


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                          Residence
                           city
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  Number                            Names          or
  town  County
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  1. ________________________________________________
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  2.  _______________________________________________
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  3. ________________________________________________
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  etc. ______________________________________________
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  (to such number as may be required) etc., as
  candidates for
  delegates to the American Independent Party's
  National
  Convention, to be voted for at the presidential
  primary to be held
  on the ____ day of ____, 20_.  I have not signed
  the
  nomination paper of any other candidates for the
  same office, or of
  any candidate for the presidential preference
  portion of the
  primary ballot, and I further declare that I
  intend to support for
  nomination the candidates named
  herein.
  ___________________________________________________
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    I, ____, solemnly swear (or affirm) 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 American Independent Party as
delegates to represent the State 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.

                 (Signed)___________________________
                              Circulator



6591.  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.



6592.  An elections official or deputy elections official may not
serve as a circulator and circulators may not obtain signatures
within 100 feet of any election booth or polling place.



6593.  Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified,
shall be returned 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.



6594.  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any
candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.



6595.  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.



6596.  The elections official shall examine all nomination papers
left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark
"not sufficient" the name of any voter of his or her county that does
not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration
in the office of the elections official. He or she shall also
disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name of any voter of his or
her county who has not stated his or her intention to affiliate with
the political party named in the nomination papers.



6597.  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with
him or her for examination, the elections official shall:
   (a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or
she has examined them and stating the number of names which 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.




6598.  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 County 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 candidate or group
  of candidates for
  election 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.
  Dated this ____ day of ____, 19_.
                         ____________________________
                           County Elections Official
  (seal)                 By __________________ Deputy




6599.  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.
   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.
   In each case, the Secretary of State shall advise the person
receiving the notification that no more signatures will be received.