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Timestamp: 2015-04-01 05:48:36
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 10704', '§ 2', '§ 201', '§ 2', '§ 82013', 'arts 1', '§ 85200', '§ 8103', '§ 8106', '§ 8106', '§ 8106', '§ 8106', '§ 8106', '§ 8106', '§ 13107', '§ 87200', '§ 87201', '§ 333', '§ 8062', '§ 8061', '§ 100', '§ 80664', '§ 8063', '§ 8040', '§ 8020', '§ 8028', '§ 8062', '§ 80666', '§ 8603', '§ 8601', '§ 8601', '§ 8600', '§ 8142', '§ 8101', '§ 2', '§ 8605']

Information Sheet Qualifications and Requirements - Member of the State Senate, 40th District Special Election - California Secretary of State
Information SheetQualifications and Requirements
Member of the State Senate, 40th District Special Election
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The Governor issued the proclamation for a special GENERAL election to be held on May 14, 2013. The date of the special PRIMARY election is scheduled for March 12, 2013.
The date of the consolidated special primary election is calculated by counting back nine Tuesdays preceding the day of the special general election at which the vacancy is to be filled. § 10704(a)1
Be a U.S. citizen2 Cal. Const., art. IV, § 2(c)
Be a registered voter and otherwise qualified to vote for that office at the time nomination papers are issued to the person. § 201
Not have served two terms in the State Senate since November 6, 1990.Cal. Const., art. IV, § 2(a)(1) & (4)
Statement of Organization—Recipient Committee (Form 410) shall be filed with the Secretary of State's Political Reform Division within 10 days of qualifying as a committee by receiving contributions totaling $1,000 or more in a calendar year.Gov. Code §§ 82013(a), 84101
Parts 1 and 2(c) and (d), above, do not apply to a candidate's payment of a filing fee and statement of qualifications fee from his or her personal funds.Gov. Code §§ 85200, 85201(f)
Every candidate must pay a filing fee equal to 1% of the first year salary as of the first day on which a candidate may circulate petitions in-lieu of filing fees. Currently, the filing fee is $905.26. The filing fee must be paid to the county elections official at the time the candidate obtains the nomination papers from the county elections official.§§ 8103(a)(3), 8105
A candidate may choose to submit by January 11, 2013, a minimum of 3,000 valid signatures on petitions in-lieu of filing fees.§§ 8106(a)(2) & (b)(3), 10704(a)
Petitions for in-lieu signatures may be obtained from the county elections official and circulated between January 7, 2013, and January 11, 2013. Sections of petitions for in-lieu signatures shall be filed with the county elections official of the county in which the signers reside.§ 8106
Each circulator of an in-lieu-filing-fee petition shall be a registered voter of the district in which the candidate is running. The circulator shall serve within the county in which he or she resides.§ 8106(b)(4)3
Within 4 days after receipt of the petition, the county elections official shall notify the candidate of any deficiency. The candidate shall then, on or before January 15, 2013, either submit a supplemental petition containing additional signatures or pay a pro rata portion of the filing fee to cover the deficiency.§ 8106(b)(3)
Signatures in lieu of the filing fee may be counted toward the nomination sponsor signature requirements.§ 8106(d)
Signature In-Lieu of Filing Fee Requirements§ 8106(a)(2)
SignaturesIn-Lieu ofFiling Fee
All Candidates(except write-incandidates)
$0.301753
Each candidate who submits a ballot designation shall file a completed ballot designation worksheet that supports the use of that ballot designation by the candidate. The ballot designation worksheet shall be filed with the elections official at the same time that the candidate files his or her declaration of candidacy.§ 13107.3
Each candidate must file a Statement of Economic Interests with the county elections official disclosing investments, interests in real property, and any income received during the immediately preceding 12 months pursuant to the requirements of the Political Reform Act of 1974, As Amended.Gov. Code §§ 87200, 87201
This statement is to be filed by January 18, 2013. It is not required if the candidate has filed such statements within the past 60 days for the same jurisdiction.Gov. Code § 87201
Between January 9, 2013, and January 18, 2013, obtain nomination documents from the county elections official of the candidate's county of residence. Nomination documents include nomination papers for collecting signatures and a Declaration of Candidacy that must be executed by the candidate.§§ 333, 8040, 8041, 10704(a);January 7, 2017 was the Proclamation date
Gather between 40 and 60 signatures for filing the nomination papers.§ 8062(a)(2)
Signatures on the in-lieu filing fee petitions may satisfy the signature requirement.§ 8061
All signers must be registered voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on.§§ 100, 8068
The candidate may appoint persons to circulate the nomination papers. Circulators shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on and shall serve only in that district or political subdivision.§ 80664
Between January 9, 2013, and January 18, 2013, each section of the nomination papers shall be delivered to the county elections official of the county in which the signer resides and is a voter.§§ 8063, 10704(a);January 7, 2013 was the Proclamation date
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.§§ 8040, 8064
Upon request of a candidate, the county elections official shall provide the candidate with a Declaration of Candidacy. The county elections official shall not require a candidate to sign, file, or sign and file a Declaration of Candidacy as a condition of receiving nomination papers.§ 8020(d)
The county elections official shall require all candidates filing a Declaration of Candidacy to execute the declaration in his or her office unless the candidate, in a written statement signed and dated by the candidate, designates a third party to obtain the declaration form from the county elections official and deliver it to the candidate. The written statement shall state that the candidate is aware that the Declaration of Candidacy must be properly executed and delivered not later than January 18, 2013, to the office of the county elections official from whom it was obtained. Any person may return the completed Declaration of Candidacy.§§ 8028, 10704
FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATES ONLY AND ONLY FOR THE SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION5
Gather between 40 and 60 signatures for filing the nomination papers.§§ 8062(a)(2), 8600
The candidate may appoint persons to circulate the nomination papers. Circulators shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on and shall serve only in that district or political subdivision.§ 80666
Signers must be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the write-in candidate is to be voted on.§ 8603
Between January 14, 2013, and February 26, 2013, circulate nomination papers for signatures and leave them for examination with the county elections official of the county in which the signers reside.§ 8601;January 7, 2013 was the Proclamation date
Between January 14, 2013, and February 26, 2013, file a Statement of Write-In Candidacy.§ 8601;January 7, 2013 was the Proclamation date
§§ 8600, 8601, 10704(a)
In order to be nominated at the special primary election, the write-in candidate must receive the highest number of votes cast for this office or the second highest number of votes cast for this office, unless there is a tie or a vacancy, or unless another candidate has been elected to the office by winning a majority of the votes.§§ 8142, 8605, 10705
Each of the forms mentioned above is available free of charge from the county elections
official. § 8101
The State Senate has a membership of 40 Senators elected for four-year terms. This
election is for the remainder of the term. Cal. Const., art IV, § 2(a)(1)
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down statutes that require petition circulators to be registered voters. (Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. (1999) 525 U.S. 182.) Other federal courts have struck down statutes that require petition circulators to reside within the state or locality affected by a petition, especially where requiring circulators to submit to jurisdiction by agreement would achieve the same end and would be more narrowly tailored to further the state's interest in preventing fraud. (See, e.g., Nader v. Brewer (9th Cir. 2008); Krislov v. Rednour (7th Cir. 2000) 226 F.3d 851; Lerman v. NYC Board of Elections (2d Cir. 2000) 232 F.3d 135; and Chandler v. Arvada (10th Cir. 2002) 292 F.3d 1236.) The Secretary of State is constitutionally constrained from declaring a state statute invalid, and Elections Code section 8106, subdivision (b), subsection (4) has not been declared unconstitutional by any state or federal court in California. However, given the similarities between this statute and the provisions struck down in the foregoing cases, the Secretary of State does not recommend or support the enforcement of this statute against any petition circulator, especially where the petition circulator agrees to submit to local jurisdiction. ↑
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down statutes that require petition circulators to be registered voters. (Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. (1999) 525 U.S. 182.) Other federal courts have struck down statutes that require petition
circulators to reside within the state or locality affected by a petition, especially where requiring circulators to submit to
jurisdiction by agreement would achieve the same end and would be more narrowly tailored to further the state's interest in preventing fraud. (See, e.g., Nader v. Brewer (9th Cir. 2008); Krislov v. Rednour (7th Cir. 2000) 226 F.3d 851; Lerman v. NYC Board of Elections (2d Cir. 2000) 232 F.3d 135; and Chandler v. Arvada (10th Cir. 2002) 292 F.3d 1236.) The Secretary of State is constitutionally constrained from declaring a state statute invalid, and Elections Code section 8066 has not been declared unconstitutional by any state or federal court in California. However, given the similarities between this statute and the provisions struck down in the foregoing cases, the Secretary of State does not recommend or support the enforcement of this statute against any petition circulator, especially where the petition circulator agrees to submit to local jurisdiction. ↑
Write-in candidates can only run in the primary election. A write-in candidate from the primary election is eligible to run/have his or her name on the ballot in the general election if that candidate is one of the top two vote getters at the primary election, unless one candidate receives a majority of the votes (50% +1). (Elections Code §§ 8605, 10705.) ↑
See footnote 4, above. ↑