6780-6798
ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 6780-6798
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ) ss.
County of __________
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
Printedstreet address
NumberSignaturename/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)___________________________
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(Printed name)_____________________
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 ) ss.
County of __________
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:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Residence
city or
NumberNamestownCounty
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.
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
Residence
Printedstreet address
NumberSignaturename/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 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)___________________________
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(Printed name)_____________________
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.
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.
6793. Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any
candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
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.
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.
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.
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):
______________ ______________ ______________
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etc. etc. etc.
Dated this ____day of ____, 20_.
_________________________
(SEAL) County Elections Official
By ______________________
Deputy
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.