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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6145.

6145. The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form:
Certificate of County Elections Official to Nomination Papers
To the Secretary of State:
I, Elections Official of the County of ____________, hereby certify that I have examined the nomination papers to which this certificate is attached, of the candidate or uncommitted delegation, as the case may be, for purposes of qualifying for placement on the ballot at the ensuing presidential primary, that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is ______________.
Dated this ____________ day of ____________, 20____.
____________________, County Elections Official
(SEAL)By , Deputy _____
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 190, Sec. 20. (AB 1689) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6146.

6146. No filing fee shall be required from any person in order to file nomination papers.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 9 - Notification of Qualification from Secretary of State › Section 6160.

6160. At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall notify each steering committee whether or not it has qualified a candidate or uncommitted delegation for placement on the ballot pursuant to Section 6060.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 190, Sec. 21. (AB 1689) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 10 - Certified List of Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations, Notice of Election › Section 6180.

6180. At least 68 days before a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list containing the name of each candidate who is entitled to be voted for on the ballot at the presidential primary, and the name of each chairperson of a steering committee of an uncommitted delegation who is to be voted for on the same ballot.
The certified list shall be in substantially the following form:
Certified List of Presidential Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations
To the County Elections Official of ________ County:
I, ________, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following list contains the name of each person who is entitled to be voted for as a candidate of the Democratic Party at the presidential primary election to be held on the ________ day of ____, 20__, and the name of each chairperson of a steering committee of an uncommitted delegation which is entitled to be voted for on the ballot.
List of Presidential Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations
Linda Adams
Joseph Black
John Reardon
Unpledged delegation
Paul Minor,
Chairperson
Dated at Sacramento, California, this ________ day of ________, 20____.
(SEAL)
_____ Secretary of State _____
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 190, Sec. 22. (AB 1689) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 12 - Canvass of Returns and Certificate of Selection › Section 6220.

6220. The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of the canvassed returns filed with him or her by the county elections officials.
The compiled statement shall show for each candidate and uncommitted delegation the total of the votes received, and the votes received in each county.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 12 - Canvass of Returns and Certificate of Selection › Section 6222.

6222. No fee shall be required of any person as a condition of receiving a certificate of selection as a delegate or an alternate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 13 - Write-in Candidates › Section 6240.

6240. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a space shall be provided on the presidential primary ballot for a voter to write in the name of a candidate for nomination by the Democratic Party for President of the United States.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 190, Sec. 24. (AB 1689) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 1 - Democratic Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 13 - Write-in Candidates › Section 6241.

6241. Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for nomination by the Democratic Party for President of the United States shall, not later than 21 days before the primary election, file for endorsement of his or her write-in candidacy with the Secretary of State, or no votes shall be counted for him or her.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 190, Sec. 25. (AB 1689) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 6300.

6300. (a) This chapter shall be applicable only to the presidential primary ballot of the Republican Party, and qualified parties for which no other provisions apply.
(b) This chapter shall be applicable to the selection of delegates to the Republican Party National Convention to the extent that the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the Republican Party do not provide otherwise. The California Republican Party shall notify the Secretary of State of any material changes in the constitution, bylaws, and rules of the Republican Party relating to the selection of delegates to the Republican Party National Convention.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 159, Sec. 1. Effective July 23, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Number and Certification of Delegates › Section 6320.

6320. The chairperson of the state central committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary as to the number of delegates to represent the state in the next national convention of his or her party.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Number and Certification of Delegates › Section 6321.

6321. The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form:
STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION
To the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
_____
You are hereby notified that the number of delegates to represent the State of California in the next national convention of the Republican Party is ____.
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20__
Chairperson of the State Central Committee
of the Republican Party.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 3. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Number and Certification of Delegates › Section 6322.

6322. If the chairperson of the state central committee fails to file a notice as to the number of delegates, the Secretary of State shall ascertain the number from the call for the national convention issued by the national committee of the party.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Number and Certification of Delegates › Section 6323.

6323. The Secretary of State shall, on or before the 110th day preceding the presidential primary, certify to the county elections official of each county the number of delegates to be elected by the Republican Party.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State › Section 6340.

6340. (a) The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Republican presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally advocated for or recognized throughout the United States or California as a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United States.
(b) On or before the 88th day preceding a presidential primary election the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for publication a list of the candidates the Secretary of State intends to place on the ballot at the following presidential primary election. Following this announcement the Secretary of State may add candidates to the Secretary of State’s selection, but the Secretary of State shall not delete any candidate whose name appears on the announced list.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 8. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State › Section 6341.

6341. When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6340, he or she shall notify the candidate that his or her name will appear on the ballot of this state in the presidential primary election.
The secretary shall also notify the candidate that he or she may withdraw his or her name from the ballot by filing with the Secretary of State an affidavit pursuant to Section 6342 no later than the 68th day before that election.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State › Section 6342.

6342. If a selected candidate or a nonselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that he or she is not now a candidate for the office of President of the United States at the forthcoming presidential primary election, his or her name shall be omitted from the list of names certified by the Secretary of State to the county elections officials for the ballot and his or her name shall not appear on the presidential primary ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State › Section 6343.

6343. Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated in his or her behalf. In order to qualify his or her name for placement on the presidential primary ballot, the candidate’s nomination papers shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the Republican Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons registered as members of the Republican Party, as reflected in the report of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the 135th day preceding the presidential primary election.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Nomination Papers › Section 6360.

6360. Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left for examination with the county elections official of the county in which they are circulated at least 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 109. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Nomination Papers › Section 6361.

6361. Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his or her intention to support the candidate for nomination, add his or her place of residence, and give his or her street and number if any.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Nomination Papers › Section 6362.

6362. Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the names of the candidate. Each section shall bear the name of the county in which it is circulated. Only voters of the county registered as intending to affiliate with the political party by which the nominations are to be made are competent to sign.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Nomination Papers › Section 6363.

6363. Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirements of Section 104. No other affidavit is required. The affidavit of any circulator shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to administer oaths.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 5. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Nomination Papers › Section 6364.

6364. A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise proved 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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Nomination Papers › Section 6365.

6365. The nomination paper for a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
BEHALF OF CANDIDATE
Section ____________Page ____________
County of __________. Nomination paper for ____________ as presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
State of California
County of
⎱
⎰
ss.
SIGNER’S STATEMENT
I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____________, State of California, and am registered as intending to affiliate with the Republican Party. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidates for the same office, and further declare that I intend to support the nomination of the candidate named herein at the Republican Party presidential primary to be held on the ____________ day of ____________, 20____.
Number _____ Signature _____ Printed name _____ Residence
1.
2.
3.
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
I, ________, 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 the candidate named in the signer’s statement above as candidate for nomination by the Republican Party at its presidential primary election; 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.
(Signed) _____ Circulator _____
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____________ day of ____________, 20 ____.
(SEAL)
Notary Public (or other official)
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 6. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Circulators › Section 6382.

6382. Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of a candidate at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 10. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Circulators › Section 6383.

6383. A county elections official or deputy county elections official may not circulate a nomination paper. Circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election booth or polling place.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6400.

6400. Each section of a nomination paper shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate or his or her designee. All the sections circulated in any county shall be collected by the candidate or his or her designee and he or she shall arrange and leave the sections with the county elections official for examination.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6401.

6401. Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6402.

6402. Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be thus fastened together.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6403.

6403. The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of his or her county which does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in the office of the county elections official. He or she shall also disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of his or her county who has not stated his or her intention to affiliate with the Republican Party.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6404.

6404. Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall:
(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them and stating the number of names which 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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6405.

6405. The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL’S CERTIFICATE TO NOMINATION
PAPERS OF A CANDIDATE
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 candidate for the ensuing presidential primary, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is ______________.
The candidate named in the nomination papers is ______________.
Dated this ____________ day of ____________, 20____.
________________________ , County Elections Official
By____________________ , Deputy
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 4. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers › Section 6406.

6406. No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at a presidential primary.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Canvass of Returns. Certificate of Election › Section 6420.

6420. The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of the canvassed returns filed with him or her by the county elections officials.
The compiled statement shall show for each candidate the total of the votes received and the votes received in each county.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Canvass of Returns. Certificate of Election › Section 6421.

6421. The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to the candidate who received the largest vote cast of that party, that person thereby being the party’s presidential nominee candidate from California.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Canvass of Returns. Certificate of Election › Section 6422.

6422. The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certification to each person selected as a delegate.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Write-in Candidates › Section 6440.

6440. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a space shall be provided on the presidential primary ballot for an elector to write in the name of a candidate for President of the United States.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Write-in Candidates › Section 6441.

6441. Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, not later than 21 days before the primary election, file his or her endorsement of his or her write-in candidacy with the Secretary of State, or no votes shall be counted for him or her.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Write-in Candidates › Section 6442.

6442. Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a plurality of the votes cast for President of the United States shall, within 10 days after the primary election, file a list of delegates to the national convention of his or her political party with the Secretary of State in the manner prescribed in Section 6471.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Write-in Candidates › Section 6443.

6443. If the candidate fails to file a list of delegates, the state central committee of the party in whose primary the candidate received the plurality vote shall, within 10 days of the end of the 10-day period required in Section 6442, file a list of delegates with the Secretary of State. The delegation shall go to the convention unpledged to any candidate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 9 - Selection of Delegates › Section 6460.

6460. Every candidate whether selected pursuant to Section 6340, or unselected as referred to in Section 6343, who wishes to have a delegation of electors pledged to his or her candidacy in accordance with the result of the presidential preference primary or who wishes to have an official California delegation at the Republican National Convention shall form a delegation in compliance with Section 6461.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 9 - Selection of Delegates › Section 6461.

6461. (a) The delegation of each candidate shall be composed as follows:
(1) Seventy-eight percent of the delegation, or the nearest whole number thereto which provides for a total number of district delegates equal to at least three times the number of congressional districts within the state, shall be composed of three delegates selected for each congressional district.
(2) The remainder of the delegation shall be composed of delegates selected at large from throughout the state.
The names of the persons chosen as delegates shall be submitted to the Secretary of State, by the candidate or his or her designee, no later than 30 days before the presidential primary election for certification.
(b) There shall be no more than one alternate per delegate. Alternates shall be appointed by the candidate or his or her designee and shall be appointed by congressional districts, the number per congressional district to be no less than three. Such alternates shall be submitted to the Secretary of State within 30 days after the primary for certification.
(c) Each delegate to the Republican National Convention shall use his or her best efforts at the convention for the party’s presidential nominee candidate from California to whom the delegate has pledged support until the person is nominated for the office of President of the United States by the convention, receives less than 10 percent of the votes for nomination by the convention, releases the delegate from his or her obligation, or until two convention nominating ballots have been taken. Thereafter, each delegate shall be free to vote as he or she chooses, and no rule may be adopted by a delegation requiring the delegation to vote as a body or causing the vote of any delegate to go uncounted or unreported.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 2 - Republican Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 10 - Republican Presidential Primary Ballot › Section 6480.

6480. The format of the presidential portion of the Republican primary ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions:
(a) Instructions to voters shall exclude any reference to groups of candidates preferring a person whose name appears on the ballot or references to any group of candidates not expressing a preference for a particular candidate.
(b) In place of the heading: “for delegates to national convention. Vote for One Group Only.” shall appear the heading: “presidential preference. Vote for One.”
(c) Candidates for President shall be listed on the ballot in the same order provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13 for statewide candidates.
(d) Only the names of selected and unselected presidential candidates shall appear on the ballot in the spaces provided. No reference shall be made to their being preferred by candidates for delegates to the national convention.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 3 - American Independent Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 6500.

6500. This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the American Independent Party only.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 3 - American Independent Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 6501.

6501. The presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a delegate selection portion.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6502. No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any presidential primary.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6520. (a) The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the American Independent Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally advocated for or recognized in the news media throughout the United States or California as actively seeking the nomination of the American Independent Party for President of the United States.
(b) On or before the 88th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for publication a list of the candidates the Secretary of State intends to place on the ballot at the following presidential primary election. Following this announcement the Secretary of State may add candidates to the Secretary of State’s selection, but the Secretary of State may not delete any candidate whose name appears on the announced list.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 11. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
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6521. When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6520, he or she shall notify the candidate that his or her name will appear on the ballot of this state in the presidential primary.
The Secretary of State shall also notify the candidate that he or she may withdraw his or her name from the ballot by filing with the Secretary of State an affidavit pursuant to Section 6522, no later than the 68th day before that election.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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6522. If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that he or she is not now a candidate for the office of President of the United States at the forthcoming presidential primary election, his or her name shall be omitted from the list of names certified by the Secretary of State to the county elections officials for the ballot and his or her name shall not appear on the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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6523. Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for delegates, shall have nomination papers circulated in his or her behalf. In order to qualify his or her name for placement on the presidential preference primary ballot, the candidate’s nomination papers shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the American Independent Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons registered as members of the American Independent Party as reflected in the report of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the 135th day preceding the presidential primary election.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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6524. The name of any presidential candidate, to whom are pledged a group of candidates who have qualified by petition for the delegate selection portion of the presidential primary ballot, shall, in addition, be automatically placed on the presidential preference portion of the ballot, without the filing of a separate petition for the presidential preference portion of the ballot.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6540. The Chairperson of the State Central Committee of the American Independent Party shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary as to the number of delegates to represent the state in the next national convention of his or her party.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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6541. The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form:
STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION
To the Secretary of State
Sacramento, California
You are hereby notified that the number of delegates to represent the State of California in the next national convention of the American Independent Party is ____.
Dated this ____ day of ____, 20__.
Chairperson of the State Central Committee of
the American Independent Party.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 5. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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6542. If the chairperson of the state central committee fails to file a notice as to the number of delegates, the Secretary of State shall ascertain the number from the call for the national convention issued by the national committee of the party.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6543. The Secretary of State shall, on or before the 110th day preceding the presidential primary, certify to the county elections official of each county the number of delegates to be elected by the American Independent Party.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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6560. Any three or more voters of the state who are registered as intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party may join as a committee in proposing the nomination of a group of candidates for delegates. The committee may elect its officers, select the candidates for delegates, select the chairman of the committee, secure the endorsement of the person, if any, preferred by the committee as candidate for presidential nominee, appoint alternates, assemble and file all necessary papers, and take all other action which may be necessary for the organization and election of the group. The committee in performing its functions may act through its officers or designated representatives.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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6561. The committee, on or before the 104th day before the presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the name of the committee and the names of its officers.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6562. The number of candidates for delegates grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the party.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6563. The candidates of each group shall be selected as follows:
(a) No less than two-thirds shall be selected to represent congressional districts, and each of these candidates shall be a resident of the district which he or she is selected to represent. Congressional district candidates shall be apportioned among congressional districts according to the ratio which the American Independent Party registration in the district bears to the total statewide registration of the party as determined by the Secretary of State on January 1 of the year in which the presidential primary is held, except that at least one candidate in the group shall be a resident of each congressional district.
(b) No more than one-third may be selected from the state at large without regard to congressional district of residence.
If the names are not so selected, the names shall not be certified to the county elections official by the Secretary of State.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6564. The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in the manner prescribed by Section 6563.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6565. Each group of candidates for delegates that intends to pledge itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential nominee shall have the endorsement of the candidate for presidential nominee for whom the members of the group have filed a preference. The endorsement of the candidate for presidential nominee shall be filed with the Secretary of State before the circulation of any nomination papers of a group of candidates pledged to the support of his or her candidacy as presidential nominee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6566. Any candidate whose nomination paper is filed in more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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6567. Each candidate for delegate to the American Independent Party convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the circulation of nomination papers of the group of candidates of which he or she is a member, an affidavit which shall be in substantially the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE
State of California
County of
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ss.
I, ____, reside at No. ____ Street, in the City (or Town) of ____, in the County of ____ in the ____ Congressional District, State of California; my election precinct is ____ and I reside and am a voter therein, my post office address is ____, County of ____.
I desire to be a candidate, at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, for delegate to the next national convention of the American Independent Party, and if elected as delegate I will qualify.
I personally prefer ____ as nominee of the American Independent Party for President of the United States, and hereby declare to the voters of my party in the State of California that if elected as delegate to their national party convention, I shall to the best of my judgment and ability, support ____ as nominee of the American Independent Party for president of the United States. (This statement of preference shall be omitted where the candidate for delegate is part of a group not expressing a preference for a particular candidate.)
I express no preference for a particular candidate. The chairman of my group is ____. (This statement shall be omitted where the candidate for delegate is part of a group expressing a preference for a particular candidate.)
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
(Signed) _________________________________________________________
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 6. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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6568. Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the American Independent Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons registered as members of the American Independent Party as reflected in the report of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the 135th day preceding the presidential primary election.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 913, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1999.)