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CA Elec Code § 8401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8401.

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 sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn in such a manner that every signature filed with the elections official shall be given an equal opportunity to be included in the sample. The random sampling shall include an examination of at least 500 or 5 percent of the signatures, whichever is greater.(b) If the statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is within 90 to 110 percent of the number of signatures of qualified voters needed to declare the nomination paper sufficient, the elections official shall examine and verify each signature filed.(c) In determining from the records of registration, what number of valid signatures are signed on the nomination paper, the elections official may check the signatures against facsimiles of voters’ signatures, provided that the method of preparing and displaying the facsimiles is permitted by law.(d) The elections official shall attach to the nomination paper, a certificate showing the result of this examination, and shall notify the candidate of either the sufficiency or insufficiency of the nomination paper.(e) If the nomination paper is found insufficient, no action shall be taken on the nomination paper. However, the failure to secure sufficient signatures, shall not preclude the submission later of an entirely new nomination paper to the same effect.(f) If the nomination paper is found to be sufficient, the elections official shall certify the results of the examination.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, Sec. 75. (AB 1020) Effective January 1, 2016. Operative September 26, 2016, when the Secretary of State issued the certification prescribed by Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, Sec. 88.)
CA Elec Code § 8402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8402.

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 candidate named in it.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8403.

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, nomination papers shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and delivered to the county elections official for examination no earlier than 193 days before the election and no later than 5 p.m. 88 days before the election.(b) All nomination documents that are required to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State shall, within 24 days after being left with the county elections official in compliance with paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), be forwarded by the county elections official to the Secretary of State, who shall receive and file them.(c) If the total number of signatures submitted to a county elections official for an office entirely within that county does not equal the number of signatures needed to qualify the candidate, the county elections official shall declare the petition void and is not required to verify the signatures. If the district falls within two or more counties, the county elections official shall within two working days report in writing to the Secretary of State the total number of signatures submitted.(d) If the Secretary of State finds that the total number of signatures submitted in the district or state is less than the minimum number required to qualify the candidate he or she shall within one working day notify in writing the counties involved that they need not verify the signatures.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8404 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8404.

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 the office, and that act on the part of an elector shall not be deemed in conflict with the signer’s statement prescribed in this chapter.The signer shall state his or her place of residence, giving his or her street and number, if any.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8405.

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’s in-lieu-filing-fee petition toward the number of signatures required to be submitted on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition and on a nomination paper.If the in-lieu-filing-fee petition does not contain the requisite number of signatures required under Section 8400, the candidate shall be entitled to file, within the time period allowed for filing nomination papers, a nomination paper in order to obtain the requisite number of valid signatures required to be submitted to the elections official pursuant to this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8406 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8406.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 562, Sec. 5. (AB 1829) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Elec Code § 8407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8407.

8407.  The affidavit of any circulator obtaining signatures under this chapter shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to administer oaths.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8408 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8408.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers|Section 8409.

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 CaliforniaCounty of ⎱ ⎰ss.SIGNER’S STATEMENTI, undersigned, am a voter of the County of ______, State of California. I hereby nominate __________, who resides at No. ______, ________ Street, City of ________, County of ______, State of California, as a candidate for the office of _______ to be voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of ______, 20___. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office.     Number Signature Printed Name Residence 1.     2.    3.    4.    5.   etc.  CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVITI, ________, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following:1.That I am 18 years of age or older.2.That my residence address, including street and number, is.  [If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is.]3.That I secured signatures in the County of ______ to the nomination paper of ________ as candidate for the office of ______; that the signatures were obtained between _______, 20__, and ________, 20__; that I saw all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being signed and that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. _____ (Signed) CirculatorSubscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20__.(SEAL) _____ Notary Public (or other official)(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 16. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Elec Code § 8451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Circulators|Section 8451.

8451.  Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 17. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Elec Code § 8452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Circulators|Section 8452.

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 elections official from circulating his or her own nomination papers.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 228, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Elec Code § 8454 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 4 - Circulators|Section 8454.

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 of any candidate for presidential elector may, at any time not more than 193 nor less than 88 days prior to the election, obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Elec Code § 8500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers|Section 8500.

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.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Elec Code § 8501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers|Section 8501.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers|Section 8502.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers|Section 8503.

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 her office made on or before the date when the name was signed.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 5 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers|Section 8504.

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 shall be forwarded immediately to the Secretary of State for those offices that are certified by the Secretary of State.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Affidavit of Candidate|Section 8550.

8550.  At least 88 days prior to the election, each candidate shall leave with the officer with whom his or her nomination papers are required to be left, a declaration of candidacy which states all of the following:(a) The candidate’s residence, with street and number, if any.(b) That the candidate is a voter in the precinct in which he or she resides.(c) The name of the office for which he or she is a candidate.(d) That the candidate will not withdraw as a candidate before the election.(e) That, if elected, the candidate will qualify for the office.The name of a candidate shall not be placed on the ballot unless the declaration of candidacy provided for in this section has been properly filed.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 32. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
CA Elec Code § 8600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8600.

8600.  Every person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have his or her name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a particular office shall file:(a) A statement of write-in candidacy that contains the following information:(1) Candidate’s name.(2) Residence address.(3) A declaration stating that he or she is a write-in candidate.(4) The title of the office for which he or she is running.(5) The party nomination which he or she seeks, if running in a partisan primary election.(6) The date of the election.(7) A certification of the candidate’s complete voter registration and party affiliation/preference history for the preceding 10 years, or for as long as he or she has been eligible to vote in the state if less than 10 years, if running for a voter-nominated office.(8) For any of the offices described in Section 13.5, a statement that the candidate meets the statutory and constitutional requirements for that office as described in that section.(b) The requisite number of signatures on the nomination papers, if any, required pursuant to Sections 8062, 10220, and 10510, or, in the case of a special district not subject to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10), the number of signatures required by the principal act of the district.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be a write-in candidate at the general election for a voter-nominated office.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 25. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
CA Elec Code § 8601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8601.

8601.  The statement and nomination papers shall be available on the 57th day prior to the election for which the candidate is filing as a write-in candidate, and shall be delivered to the elections official responsible for the conduct of the election no later than the 14th day prior to the election.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8602.

8602.  The nomination papers for a write-in candidate shall be substantially in the same form as set forth in Section 8041.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Elec Code § 8603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8603.

8603.  Signers of nomination papers for write-in candidates shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. In addition, if the candidate is seeking a party nomination for an office, the signers shall also be affiliated with the party whose nomination is sought.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8604.

8604.  No fee or charge shall be required of a write-in candidate except in the case of a candidate for city office, as provided in Section 10228.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8605.

8605.  No person whose name has been written in upon a ballot for an office at the direct primary may have his or her name placed upon the ballot as a candidate for that office for the ensuing general election unless one of the following is applicable:(a) At that direct primary he or she received for a partisan office votes equal in number to 1 percent of all votes cast for the office at the last preceding general election at which the office was filled. In the case of an office that has not appeared on the ballot since its creation, the requisite number of votes shall equal 1 percent of the number of all votes cast for the office that had the least number of votes in the most recent general election in the jurisdiction in which the write-in candidate is seeking office.(b) He or she is an independent nominee for a partisan office pursuant to Part 2 (commencing with Section 8300).(c) At that direct primary he or she received for a voter-nominated office the highest number of votes cast for that office or the second highest number of votes cast for that office, except as provided by subdivision (b) of Section 8142 or Section 8807.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 34. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
CA Elec Code § 8606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 1 - General|Section 8606.

8606.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be a write-in candidate at the general election for a voter-nominated office.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 26. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
CA Elec Code § 8650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors|Section 8650.

8650.  Any group of individuals, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to which this state is entitled, who desire to be write-in candidates for presidential electors pledged to a particular candidate for President and Vice President of the United States shall file a declaration of write-in candidacy.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors|Section 8651.

8651.  The declaration of write-in candidacy for presidential elector shall contain the following information:(a) Candidate’s name.(b) Residence address.(c) A declaration stating that he or she is a write-in candidate for the office of presidential elector.(d) Oath or affirmation as set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the California Constitution.(e) The date of the general election.(f) The names of the candidates for President and Vice President of the United States for which the group of presidential electors are pledged.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors|Section 8652.

8652.  The declaration of write-in candidacy shall be filed with the Secretary of State no later than the 14th day prior to the general election.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 8653 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS|PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES|CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors|Section 8653.

8653.  Only those names written on the ballot at the general election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States for which a group of presidential electors are pledged on the declaration of write-in candidacy filed pursuant to Section 8650 shall be counted as votes.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)