California Elections Code
Section 6780
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.
Section 6781
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.
Section 6782
Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot may sign only one paper. The signer shall add her or his printed name and place of residence indicating city and giving the street and number, if any.
Section 6783
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 affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party are competent to sign.
Section 6784
Each section shall be prepared with the lines, for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, stating, under penalty of perjury, that she or he is a voter registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party, that all the signatures to the attached section were made in her or his presence, and that to the best of her or his knowledge and belief each signature to the section is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. No other declaration is required to be made.
Section 6785
A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party until it is otherwise proven by comparison of the signatures with the affidavits of registration in the office of the elections official.
Section 6786
The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER
ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
PRIMARY CANDIDATE
Section ___________ Page ___________
County of _________________.
Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the
Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.
State of California )
County of _________ ) ss.
SIGNER'S STATEMENT
I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____, State of
California, and am registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom
Party. I hereby nominate ____ for the presidential preference portion
of the Peace and Freedom Party's presidential primary ballot, to be
voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of
June, 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, with which the Peace and Freedom
Party of California is affiliated on the national level. ______________________________________________________________________ _ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -
Residence
Printed street address
Number Signature name /city ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -
1. ______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________________________
etc. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ _
CIRCULATOR'S DECLARATION
I, ______, affirm that I am a voter registered as affiliated with
the Peace and Freedom Party in ____ County, that I secured signatures
in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a candidate in the
presidential preference primary of the Peace and Freedom 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.
Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20__.
(Signed) ____________________________
Circulator
(Printed name) ______________________
Section 6787
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 Peace and Freedom Party pledged to the candidacy of ____ as
presidential nominee, or expressing no preference, as the case may
be.
State of California )
County of _________ ) ss.
SIGNER'S STATEMENT
I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____, State of
California, and am registered as affiliated with the Peace and
Freedom Party. I hereby nominate the following:
___________________________________________________________________
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Residence
city or
Number Names town County
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1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
etc. ____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(to the number as may be required) as candidates for delegate to the
national convention of the ____ Party, with which the Peace and
Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level, to
be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day
of March, 20__. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other
group of candidates for delegates to the national convention or of
any candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary
ballot.
___________________________________________________________________
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Residence
Printed street address
Number Signature name /city
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1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
etc. ____________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
CIRCULATOR'S DECLARATION
I, ______, affirm that I am a voter registered as affiliated with
the Peace and Freedom Party in ____ County, 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 Peace and Freedom
Party as delegates to represent the Peace and Freedom Party 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.
Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20__.
(Signed) __________________________
Circulator
(Printed name) ____________________
Section 6791
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.
Section 6792
Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the verification deputy who circulated it 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.
Section 6793
Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
Section 6794
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.
Section 6795
The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name of any voter of that county that does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in the office of the elections official. The elections official shall also disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name of any voter of the county who is not registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party.
Section 6796
Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall:
(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or he has examined them and stating the number of names that 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.
Section 6797
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 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 presidential candidate or group
of candidates for delegates 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. etc.
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20__.
_____________________________
(SEAL) County Elections Official
By __________________________
Deputy
Section 6798
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(c) In each case, the Secretary of State shall advise the person receiving the notification that no more signatures will be received.
