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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8228
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8228
If the proposal is approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, the board of supervisors shall file a certificate, signed by the chairman of the board and duly dated, with the Secretary of State, reciting that the proposal to adopt subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8300
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8300
A candidate for a partisan office, including that of presidential elector, may be nominated subsequent to, or by other means than, a primary election pursuant to this chapter. A candidate for nonpartisan office or for voter-nominated office may be nominated subsequent to, or by o
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8301
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8301
A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at the primary election, is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8302
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8302
For the purposes of this chapter, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 1, and Part 4 (commencing with Section 8800), so far as consistent with this chapter, shall apply to all offices for which nominations are made at the presidential primary and direct primary electi
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8303
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8303
Whenever a group of candidates for presidential electors, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to which this state is entitled, files a nomination paper with the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter, the nomination paper may contain the name of the candid
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8304
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8304
When a group of candidates for presidential electors designates the presidential and vice presidential candidates for whom all of the group pledge themselves to vote, the names of the presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate designated by that group shall be printed
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8400
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8400
Nomination papers for a statewide office for which the candidate is to be nominated shall be signed by voters of the state equal to not less in number than 1 percent of the entire number of registered voters of the state at the time of the close of registration prior to the prece
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8401
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8401
(a) Upon receiving the nomination paper if, from the examination of such pursuant to Section 8400, more than 500 signatures have been signed on the nomination paper petition, the elections official may use a random sampling technique for verification of signatures. The random sam
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8402
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8402
When a nomination paper or sections of a nomination paper have been received which contain the number of valid signatures required in Section 8400, the officer with whom those papers are required to be left shall not accept additional sections of the nomination paper for the cand
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8403
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8403
(a) (1) Nomination papers shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and delivered to the county elections official for examination no earlier than 148 days before the election and no later than 5 p.m. 88 days before the election. (2) For offices for which no filing fee is required,
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8404
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8404
Each signer of a nomination paper shall sign but one paper for the same office, except that in case two or more persons are to be elected to the same office at the same election, an elector may sign the nomination papers of as many persons as there are persons to be elected to th
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8405
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8405
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an independent candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, the county elections official, upon the request of the candidate, shall accept all valid signatures appearing on the candidate’
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8406
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8406
Any nomination paper may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain the name of the candidate and the name of the office for which the candidate is proposed for nomination. Each section shall bear the name of the county for which it is circulated.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8407
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8407
The affidavit of any circulator obtaining signatures under this chapter shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to administer oaths.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8408
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8408
A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures to it are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters unless it is otherwise proven by comparison of the signatures with the affidavits of registration in the office of the county elections official.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8409
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8409
Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form: County of _______. Nomination paper of ______, candidate for the office of _______. State of California County of ⎱ ⎰ ss. SIGNER’S STATEMENT I, undersigned, am
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8451
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8451
Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8452
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8452
A county elections official or a deputy county elections official may not circulate nomination papers, and circulators shall not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election booth or polling place. This section does not prohibit a county elections official or a deputy county
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8454
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8454
(a) Circulators obtaining signatures to the nomination paper of any candidate may, at any time not more than 148 nor less than 88 days prior to the election, obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate. (b) Circulators obtaining signatures to the nomination paper o
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8500
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8500
Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate. All the sections circulated in any area shall be collected by the candidate and shall be arranged for filing and examination.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8501
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8501
For all nominations of candidates to be voted for in more than one county or throughout the state, the nomination papers, properly assembled, may be fastened together by counties, but in no case shall nomination papers signed by voters of different counties be fastened together.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8502
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8502
Nomination papers shall be left with the county elections official for examination and filed by him or her pursuant to the time limitations set forth in Section 8403.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8503
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8503
The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for filing or for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” any name appearing on them which does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in his or he
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8504
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8504
Within 24 days after any nomination papers are left for examination, the county elections official shall examine them and prepare a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them, and stating the number of names which have not been marked “not sufficient.” The certificate
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8550
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 8550
(a) At least 88 days prior to the election, each candidate shall leave with the officer with whom the candidate’s nomination papers are required to be left, a declaration of candidacy which states all of the following: (1) The candidate’s residence, with street and number, if any