Title ELEC — California Elec. Code

(a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be substantially as follows: DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY I hereby declare myself a candidate for nomination to the office of ________ District Number ________ to be voted for at the primary election to be held ________, 20__, and…

(a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the following form: NOMINATION PAPER I, the undersigned signer for ______ for 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 re…

The Secretary of State shall establish uniform filing forms for candidates to use when filing a declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8040 and nomination papers pursuant to Section 8041.

A candidate who declares his or her candidacy shall have registered voters sign his or her nomination papers pursuant to this article. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

(a) If a candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, any or all signatures appearing on the petition, which would be valid under Section 8041, shall be counted towards the number of voters required to sign a nomination paper. If an in-lieu-filing-fe…

(a) The number of registered voters required to sign a nomination paper for the respective offices are as follows: (1) State office or United States Senate, not fewer than 65 nor more than 100. (2) House of Representatives in Congress, State Senate or Assembly, State Board of Equ…

The nomination paper shall be delivered to the elections official of the county in which the signer resides and is a voter. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The declaration of candidacy shall be obtained from, and delivered to, the elections official of the county in which the candidate resides and is a voter in accordance with Section 8028. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The elections official shall not accept for filing any nomination paper unless all blanks in the certificate are filled.

Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.

No more signers shall be secured for any candidate than the maximum number required in this article. If, however, through miscalculation or otherwise, more signers are secured than the maximum number, the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed shall, with the written c…

Signers shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. With respect to a candidacy for partisan office, signers shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the party, if any, for which the nominatio…

No signer shall, at the time of signing a certificate, have his or her name signed to any other nomination paper for any other candidate for the same office or, in case there are several places to be filled in the same office, signed to more nomination papers for candidates for t…

The elections official shall transmit to the Secretary of State the nomination document for each candidate for state office, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Member of the Senate or Assembly, or the members of the State Board of Equalization.

No fee or charge shall be made or collected by any officer for verifying any nomination document or circulator’s affidavit. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Before any nomination document is filed in the office of the county elections official or forwarded for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, the county elections official shall verify the signatures and the political preferences, if required, of the signers on the nomi…

All nomination documents that are required to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, within five days after being left with the county elections official in compliance with Section 8020, shall be forwarded by the county elections official to the Secretary of State, who…

The county elections official’s statement to the Secretary of State of the number of signers shall be in substantially the following form: statement of county elections official of number of signers I, County Elections Official of the County of ____, hereby certify that I have ex…

If the number of signatures affixed to an in-lieu filing fee petition filed pursuant to Section 8106 is 100 or more, the county elections official may use a random sampling technique for verification of the signatures. If a random sampling technique is used, and the number of sig…

All nomination documents shall be filed as follows: (a) For state offices, United States Senators, Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, and members of the Board of Equalization, in the office of the Secretary of State. (b) For all officers to be …

All forms required for nomination and election to all congressional, state, county, and political party county central committee offices shall be furnished only by the county elections official. At the time of issuance of those forms the county elections official shall type in th…

No defect in any nomination document presented shall prevent the filing of another nomination document within the period allowed for presenting the nomination document. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

(a) The following fees for filing declarations of candidacy shall be paid to the Secretary of State by each candidate: (1) Two percent of the first-year salary for the office of United States Senator or for any state office. The fee prescribed in this subdivision does not apply t…

The filing fee to be paid to the county elections official for filing a declaration of candidacy for an office to be voted for wholly within one county other than a legislative or congressional office shall be as follows: (a) No filing fee is required from any candidate for an of…

(a) The filing fees for all candidates shall be paid at the time the candidates obtain their nomination forms from the county elections official. The county elections official shall not accept any papers unless the fees are paid at the time required by this section, or unless sat…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a candidate, or a person authorized by the candidate, may submit a petition containing signatures of registered voters in lieu of a filing fee as follows: (1) For the office of California State Assembly, 1,000 signatures. (…

(a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 8106, if the last day to file in-lieu-filing-fee petitions pursuant to that paragraph for a special election to fill a vacancy occurs before the vacancy begins, or before the Governor calls the special election by is…

The county elections official shall pay to the county treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8105. Within 10 days after the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall pay to the State Treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8103,…

At least 68 days before the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list of candidates who are eligible to be voted for in his or her county at the direct primary. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

(a) Not less than five days before he or she transmits the certified list of candidates to the county elections officials, as provided in Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for partisan office and voter-nominated office of the names, addresses, offic…

The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of candidates for nomination to each office according to Assembly districts, in the order of arrangement prescribed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13. In the case of each county containing more t…

The Secretary of State, at the time he or she transmits the list of candidates to the county elections official, shall inform the county elections official of the address of each candidate. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The certified list of candidates sent to each county elections official by the Secretary of State shall show all of the following: (a) The name of each candidate. (b) The office for which each person is a candidate. (c) With respect to candidates for partisan offices, the party e…

The certified list of candidates sent to each county elections official by the Secretary of State shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.

Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that office shall be elected to that office. Where two or more candidates are to be elected to a given office and a greater number of candidate…

If no candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office pursuant to Section 8140 or if the number of candidates elected at the primary election is less than the total number to be elected to that office, then candidates for that office at the ensuing election shall be those cand…

Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 8142, only the candidates for a voter-nominated office who receive the highest or second highest number of votes cast at the primary election shall appear on the ballot as candidates for that office at the ensuing general election.…

(a) In the case of a tie vote, nonpartisan candidates receiving the same number of votes shall be candidates at the ensuing general election if they qualify pursuant to Section 8141 whether or not there are more candidates at the general election than prescribed by this article. …

If the number of candidates elected at a primary election to any nonpartisan office is less than the number of persons to be elected to that office, there shall be printed on the ballot, in a group, only the names of the other candidates receiving the next highest number of votes…

The candidates for election to membership on the county central committee, equal in number to the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of votes in their supervisorial district or Assembly district, as the case may be, shall be declared elected. (Enacted by Stats. 19…

It is the duty of the officers charged with the canvass of the returns of any primary election in any county or city to issue certificates of nomination to candidates nominated for nonpartisan offices voted for wholly within one county.

Certificates of nomination or election issued by county or municipal officers shall be issued immediately upon the completion of the canvass of the returns at the primary election. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The Secretary of State shall issue certificates of nomination to candidates nominated for Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, members of the State Board of Equalization, and for all statewide offices. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Not less than 73 days, and not more than 90 days, before the general election, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for partisan office and voter-nominated office of the names, addresses, offices, ballot designations, and party preferences of all other persons whose…

Not less than 68 days before the general election, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the appropriate county elections official a certificate showing: (a) The name of every person entitled to receive votes within that county at the general election who has received the nomin…

The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of candidates for each office according to Assembly districts, in the order of arrangement prescribed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13. In the case of each county containing more than one Assemb…

The certificate of the Secretary of State showing candidates nominated or selected at a primary election, and justices of the Supreme Court and courts of appeal to appear on the general elections ballot, shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State.

This article applies only to initiative and referendum measures affecting the Constitution or laws of the state. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

(a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure shall be submitted to the Attorney General with a written request that a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure be pr…

(a) Upon receipt of a request from the proponents of a proposed initiative measure for a circulating title and summary, the Attorney General shall initiate a public review process for a period of 30 days by doing all of the following: (1) Posting the text of the proposed initiati…