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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certified List of Candidates › Section 8125.

8125. 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.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 26. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8140.

8140. 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 candidates receive a majority than the number to be elected, those candidates shall be elected who secure the highest votes of those receiving a majority, and equal in number to the number to be elected.
Where a candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office at the primary election, that office shall not appear on the ballot at the ensuing general election, notwithstanding the death, resignation, or other disqualification of the candidate at a time subsequent to the primary election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8141.

8141. 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 candidates not elected at the primary who received the next highest number of votes cast for nomination to that office, equal in number to twice the number remaining to be elected to that office, or less, if the total number of candidates not elected is less.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8141.5.

8141.5. 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. More than one candidate with the same party preference designation may participate in the general election pursuant to this subdivision. Notwithstanding the designation made by the candidate pursuant to Section 8002.5, no candidate for a voter-nominated office shall be deemed to be the official nominee for that office of any political party, and no party is entitled to have a candidate with its party preference designation participate in the general election unless that candidate is one of the candidates receiving the highest or second highest number of votes cast at the primary election.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 21. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8142.

8142. (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. In no case shall the tie be determined by lot.
(b) In the case of a tie vote among candidates at a primary election for a voter-nominated office, the following applies:
(1) All candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast for any candidate shall be candidates at the ensuing general election whether or not there are more candidates at the general election than prescribed by this article.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 8141.5, if a tie vote among candidates results in more than one primary candidate qualifying for the general election pursuant to subdivision (a), candidates receiving fewer votes shall not be candidates at the general election, even if they receive the second highest number of votes cast.
(3) If only one candidate receives the highest number of votes cast but there is a tie vote among two or more candidates receiving the second highest number of votes cast, each of those second-place candidates shall be a candidate at the ensuing general election along with the candidate receiving the highest number of votes cast, regardless of whether there are more candidates at the general election than prescribed by this article.
(4) In no case shall the tie be determined by lot.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 22. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8143.

8143. 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 for nomination to that office as may equal twice the number of persons remaining to be elected to that office, or a smaller number if the list of candidates is exhausted. This group shall be preceded by the designation of the office and the words “vote for ____,” the blank being filled by a number equal to the number of persons remaining to be elected to that office.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8144.

8144. 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. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8145.

8145. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 14. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8146.

8146. 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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8147.

8147. 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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8147.5.

8147.5. 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 names are to appear on the ballot for the same office at the general election.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 560, Sec. 7. (AB 1417) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8148.

8148. 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 nomination as a candidate for public office pursuant to this chapter, the designation of the public office for which he or she has been nominated, and, if applicable, the ballot designation specified in accordance with Section 13107.
(b) For each nominee for a partisan office, the name of the party that has nominated him or her.
(c) For each nominee for a voter-nominated office, the designation made by the candidate pursuant to Section 8002.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 23. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8149.

8149. 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 Assembly district, he or she shall transmit separate lists for each Assembly district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates › Section 8150.

8150. 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 30. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Distinguishing Number on Ballot › Section 8200.

8200. In any election at which two or more judges or justices of any court are to be voted for or elected for the same term, it shall be deemed that there are as many separate judicial offices to be filled as there are judges or justices of the court to be elected. Each separate office shall be designated by a distinguishing number not greater than the total number of the offices. The designation shall remain the same for all purposes of both primary and general election and shall be used on all nomination papers, certificates of nomination, ballots, certificates of election, and all election papers referring to the office. After election and the issuance of the certificates of election, the designating number shall have no further significance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Distinguishing Number on Ballot › Section 8201.

8201. (a) A declaration of candidacy for election or a nomination by the Governor, made pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution, shall be filed with the officer charged with the duty of certifying nominations for publication in the official ballot.
(b) No candidate described in subdivision (a) shall be required to state his or her residential address on the declaration of candidacy. However, in cases where the candidate does not state his or her residential address on the declaration of candidacy, the elections official shall verify whether his or her address is within the appropriate political subdivision and add the notation “verified” where appropriate.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 932, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Distinguishing Number on Ballot › Section 8202.

8202. The numerically designated offices shall be grouped and arranged on all ballots in numerical order. No person may be a candidate nor have his or her name printed upon any ballot as a candidate for any numerically designated office other than the one indicated by him or her in his or her declaration of intention to become a candidate.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 466, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Distinguishing Number on Ballot › Section 8203.

8203. (a) In any county in which only the incumbent has filed nomination papers for the office of superior court judge, his or her name shall not appear on the ballot unless there is filed with the elections official, within 10 days after the final date for filing nomination papers for the office, a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted for the office and signed by at least 0.1 percent of the registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office, provided that the petition shall contain at least 100 signatures but need not contain more than 600 signatures.
(b) If a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted for the office at the general election, signed by the number of registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office specified in subdivision (a), is filed with the elections official not less than 83 days before the general election, the name of the incumbent shall be placed on the general election ballot if it has not appeared on the direct primary election ballot.
(c) If, in conformity with this section, the name of the incumbent does not appear either on the primary ballot or general election ballot, the elections official, on the day of the general election, shall declare the incumbent reelected. Certificates of election specified in Section 15401 or 15504 shall not be issued to a person reelected pursuant to this section before the day of the general election.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 214, Sec. 1. (AB 362) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 1 - Distinguishing Number on Ballot › Section 8204.

8204. (a) If an incumbent of a judicial office dies on or before the last day prescribed for the filing of nomination papers, or files a declaration of intention but for any reason fails to file his or her nomination papers by the last day prescribed for the filing of the papers, an additional five days shall be allowed for the filing of nomination papers for the office.
(b) Any person other than the person who was the incumbent, if otherwise qualified, may file nomination papers for the office during the extended period, notwithstanding that he or she has not filed a written and signed declaration of intention to become a candidate for the office as provided in Sections 8023 and 8201.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 466, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8220.

8220. The voters of any county may adopt subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state as applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county if a majority of the voters of the county, voting on the question of its adoption, vote in favor thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8221.

8221. Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI may be adopted:
(a) In pursuance of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the board of supervisors of the county, declaring that the public interest requires the submission at an election of the proposal to adopt the provisions as applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county.
(b) In pursuance of a petition of voters of the county as provided in this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8222.

8222. The petition shall state the name and address of a person to whom notice of the insufficiency of the petition shall be sent in the event the petition has not the required number of signatures of voters signed thereto.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8223.

8223. The petition shall be signed by 10 percent of the voters of the county, computed upon the total number of votes cast therein for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and it shall pray for the adoption of the provisions as applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county. The petition shall be filed in the office of the county elections official.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8224.

8224. Within 20 days after the filing of the petition, the county elections official shall examine it and ascertain from the record of the registration of the voters of the county whether the petition is signed by the requisite number. If needed by the county elections official, the board of supervisors shall authorize him or her to employ persons to assist him or her in the work of examining the petition, and the board shall provide for their compensation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8225.

8225. Upon the completion of his or her examination, the elections official shall forthwith attach to the petition his or her certificate, duly dated, showing the results of his or her examination. If the certificate shows that the petition is signed by the requisite number of voters, he or she shall immediately present the petition to the board of supervisors if it is in session, otherwise at its next meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8226.

8226. If it appears by the certificate that the petition has not the required number of signatures, the elections official shall so notify the person designated as the person to whom notification of the insufficiency of the petition is to be sent. The petitioners shall have 30 days from and after the date of receiving the notice of insufficiency to present and file a supplement bearing additional signatures. Upon the receipt of the supplement, the elections official shall proceed forthwith to examine it. He or she shall complete his or her examination within 10 days from the date of its receipt by him or her. If it appears that the additional signatures and those which have not been legally rejected upon the original petition total the requisite number, the county elections official shall forthwith attach to the petition his certificate, duly dated, showing that the petition has been signed by the requisite number of voters, and shall immediately present it to the board of supervisors if it is in session, otherwise at its next meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8227.

8227. Upon the adoption of the ordinance or resolution or the presentation of a petition, the board of supervisors shall submit the proposal to the voters at the next succeeding general election, presidential primary, or countywide special election, occurring subsequent to 90 days after the adoption of the ordinance or resolution or the presentation of the petition.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers › ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution › Section 8228.

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 of the California Constitution as applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county was approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon at the election. Upon the filing of the certificate the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 16 of the California Constitution shall thereupon be applicable to the judge of the superior court of that county, and effective as to all vacancies in the office occurring after the date of filing of the certificate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8300.

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 other means than, a primary election pursuant to this chapter only if a candidate was not nominated or elected at the primary election for that office.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 24. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8301.

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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8302.

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 elections, as well as to elections for any other office to which those provisions would not ordinarily apply.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8303.

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 candidate for President of the United States and the name of the candidate for Vice President of the United States for whom all of those candidates for presidential electors pledge themselves to vote.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8304.

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 on the ballot pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers › Section 8400.

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 preceding general election. Nomination papers for an office, other than a statewide office, shall be signed by the voters of the area for which the candidate is to be nominated, not less in number than 3 percent of the entire number of registered voters in the area at the time of the close of registration prior to the preceding general election. Nomination papers for Representative in Congress, State Senator or Assembly Member, to be voted for at a special election to fill a vacancy, shall be signed by voters in the district not less in number than 500 or 1 percent of the entire vote cast in the area at the preceding general election, whichever is less, nor more than 1,000.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 California
County of
⎱
⎰
ss.
SIGNER’S STATEMENT
I, 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 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 ________ 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) Circulator
Subscribed 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 6 - Affidavit of Candidate › Section 8550.

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.
(2) That the candidate is a voter in the precinct in which the candidate resides.
(3) The name of the office sought by the candidate.
(4) That the candidate will not withdraw as a candidate before the election.
(5) That, if elected, the candidate will qualify for the office.
(b) A declaration of candidacy described in subdivision (a) for the office of presidential elector shall be accompanied by a declaration of an individual who will serve as an alternate elector if the elector vacates the elector’s office. The accompanying declaration shall state that the individual is an alternate to the candidate for the office of presidential elector and shall contain the information described in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of subdivision (a).
(c) 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. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 13. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)