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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6786.

6786. The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER
ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
PRIMARY CANDIDATE
Section ______Page ______
County of _________.
Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.
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 affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party. I hereby nominate ________ for the presidential preference portion of the Peace and Freedom Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ______ day of June, 20__. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates to the national convention of the ______ Party, with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level.
Number
Signature
Printed
name
Residence
street address
/city
1.
2.
3.
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
I, ______, 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 a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the Peace and Freedom Party, 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.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20_.
(Signed) _____ Circulator _____
(Printed name)
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 11. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6787.

6787. The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates to the national convention shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
BEHALF OF GROUP OF CANDIDATES FOR DELEGATES
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Section ______Page ______
County of _________.
Nomination paper of group of candidates for election as delegates by the Peace and Freedom Party pledged to the candidacy of ______ as presidential nominee, or expressing no preference, as the case may be.
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 affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party. I hereby nominate the following:
Number
Names
Residence
city or
town
County
1.
2.
3.
etc.
(to the number as may be required) as candidates for delegate to the national convention of the ______ Party, with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ______ day of June, 20___. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other group of candidates for delegates to the national convention or of any candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot.
Number
Signature
Printed
name
Residence
street address
/city
1.
2.
3.
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
I, ______, 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 group of candidates named in the signer’s statement above as candidates for nomination and election by the Peace and Freedom Party as delegates to represent the Peace and Freedom Party of California in the ____ Party’s next national convention, 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.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20__.
(Signed) _____ Circulator _____
(Printed name)
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 12. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6791.

6791. Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 17. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6792.

6792. Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the verification deputy who circulated it to the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives. All the sections circulated in any county shall be collected by the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives, who shall arrange and leave the sections with the elections official for examination.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6793.

6793. Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6794.

6794. Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6795.

6795. The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of that county that does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in the office of the elections official. The elections official shall also disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of the county who is not registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6796.

6796. Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall:
(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or he has examined them and stating the number of names that 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6797.

6797. The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO NOMINATION
PAPERS OF CANDIDATE OR GROUP OF CANDIDATES
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 presidential candidate or group of candidates for delegates at the ensuing presidential primary, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is _______.
The candidate or group of candidates named in the nomination papers comprise the following (state names of candidates):
etc.
etc.
etc.
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20___.
________________________
(SEAL)
County Elections Official
By Deputy
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6798.

6798. (a) Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate or his or her duly authorized representative of that fact.
(b) Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a group of candidates for delegates, the Secretary of State shall notify the chairperson of the committee of that fact.
(c) In each case, the Secretary of State shall advise the person receiving the notification that no more signatures will be received.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary Ballot › Section 6820.

6820. Upon the filing of nomination papers, the presidential preference primary candidate or slate of delegate candidates shall be voted upon, but the names of candidates for delegates to the national convention shall not be printed upon the ballot.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary Ballot › Section 6821.

6821. For the presidential primary election, the format of the Peace and Freedom Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions:
(a) In place of the heading “Delegates to National Convention, vote for one group only” shall appear the heading “Presidential Preference, vote for one.”
(b) Selected and unselected presidential candidates shall be listed below the heading specified in subdivision (a).
(c) Below the presidential candidates shall appear in the same column, or in the next column if there is not sufficient space in the first column, the heading “Delegates to National Convention, vote for one group.”
(d) Presidential candidates who have qualified for the ballot and to whom delegations are pledged, and the chairpersons of unpledged delegations which have qualified for the ballot, shall be listed below the heading specified in subdivision (c).
(e) The instructions to voters shall be the same as provided for in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, except that they shall begin with the words, “To express your preference for a candidate for nomination for President, completely fill in the [voting target] next to the candidate’s name. Your vote in this portion of the ballot is advisory only. Delegates to the national convention will be elected in the delegate selection portion of the ballot.”
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 676, Sec. 8. (AB 1219) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary Ballot › Section 6822.

6822. 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 an endorsement of his or her write-in candidacy with the Secretary of State, or no votes shall be counted for that write-in 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6840.

6840. The number of delegates to be certified as elected from each group of delegate candidates shall be the whole number nearest the product obtained by multiplying the total number of delegates to be elected by the ratio which that group’s vote bears to the total of votes cast for all those groups of delegates, with the following to apply in order to adjust the total number of delegates certified to the total number to which the state is entitled:
(a) If this procedure would result in a total number of delegates being elected greater than the number to which the state is entitled, the calculation outlined above shall be repeated using a total vote cast for all groups of delegates that is sufficiently larger than the actual total vote so as to give a total number of delegates elected equal to the number to which the state is entitled.
(b) If this procedure would result in a total number of delegates being elected smaller than the number to which the state is entitled, the calculation outlined above shall be repeated using a total vote cast for all groups of delegates that is sufficiently smaller than the actual total vote so as to give a total number of delegates elected equal to the number to which the state is entitled.
(c) If a tie renders unworkable the procedure for adjusting to the proper delegate total outlined in subdivisions (a) and (b), those delegate candidates so tied shall be certified as elected with a fractional vote proportional to their group’s total vote so that the total number of delegates certified, including the fractional-vote delegates, equals the number to which the state is entitled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6841.

6841. The Secretary of State shall send, not more than three business days after the presidential primary, to the chairperson of each committee qualifying a group of candidates for national convention delegates for the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot a copy of the semiofficial canvass of the vote for each of the group of delegates showing the vote for each group in each county, the total statewide vote for each group, and the tentative number of delegates which each group will be entitled to have declared elected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6842.

6842. Each group of candidates for delegate shall meet or confer after the presidential primary and by majority vote shall determine the order in which members of the group shall be certified as elected by the Secretary of State. The order so determined shall commence with a resident of either the northern or the southern territories, and the names thereafter shall alternate between residents of the northern and southern territories until the alternation is no longer possible. The order so determined shall be certified to the Secretary of State by the chairperson of the committee forming the group not later than the 28th day after the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6843.

6843. The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, file in her or his office a statement of the canvassed returns for the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preferential primary and the national convention delegate selection election, compiled from the returns filed with the Secretary of State by the county elections officials. The compiled statement shall show, for each candidate or group, the total of the votes received, the votes received in each county, and, in the case of a group, the names of the candidates comprising that group.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6844.

6844. The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to as many persons in each group as are entitled to be declared elected from that group pursuant to Section 6840. The names certified from each group shall be certified in the order in which they were specified by the group pursuant to Section 6842. If no order was specified, the Secretary of State shall certify as many persons from the group as are entitled to be elected from the order in which the names of the candidates appeared on the nomination paper of the group, with the additional requirement that an equal number of names be selected of persons residing in the northern and the southern territories, or, if the number to be selected is odd, that one more person residing in the territory with the greater portion of the state’s registered Peace and Freedom Party voters shall be certified than the number of persons certified residing in the other territory. Certification of any delegates to which a write-in candidate is entitled shall be made within three business days of the receipt of the names of those delegates pursuant to Sections 6846 and 6847.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6845.

6845. Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a sufficient number of votes in the national convention delegate selection portion of the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary to be entitled to one or more convention delegates pursuant to Section 6840, shall, within 37 days after the primary election, file a list of as many delegates as the person is entitled to with the Secretary of State. The delegates selected shall meet the residence distribution requirement specified in Section 6763 and shall be voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party in California.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 55, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6846.

6846. If a write-in candidate fails to file the list of delegates pursuant to Section 6845, the state central committee of the party shall, within 10 days of the end of the 31-day period specified in Section 6845, file a list of those delegates with the Secretary of State. Any delegates so certified by the state central committee shall attend 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6847.

6847. The elected delegates may, if they desire, meet or confer prior to attending the convention to select a chairperson of the delegation and to fill any vacancies in the office of delegate or 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6848.

6848. The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in the place of the delegate and shall otherwise discharge the duties of that delegate. An alternate shall not vote in the place of the delegate whom the alternate represents when the delegate is occupying her or his seat at the 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 4 - Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 7 - Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings › Section 6849.

6849. The Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable, certify to the chairperson of the state central committee and to the chairperson of each party county central committee of record, the final list of national convention delegates.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 6850.

6850. This chapter applies to the presidential preference primary ballot of the Green Party only. As used in this chapter, “Green Party” means the Green Party of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 95. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 6850.5.

6850.5. The Green Party presidential preference primary ballot shall express the presidential preference of California voters who vote in the Green Party presidential preference primary election. National convention delegates shall be selected as provided for in the bylaws and the rules and procedures of the Green Party and pursuant to the rules of the national political party with which the Green Party is affiliated.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 96. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 6850.7.

6850.7. A filing fee shall not be required from a person to be voted for in a Green Party presidential primary.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot › Section 6851.

6851. The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Green Party presidential preference 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 actively seeking the presidential nomination of the Green Party or the national political party with which the Green Party is affiliated.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 98. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot › Section 6851.5.

6851.5. On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class mail to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State informing the Green Party Liaison that, while a response is not required, any information the Green Party Liaison wishes to submit will be considered by the Secretary of State in the determination of candidates to be placed on the Green Party presidential preference primary ballot pursuant to Section 6851.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 18. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot › Section 6852.

6852. 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. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the list and any subsequent additions to the list to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 19. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot › Section 6852.5.

6852.5. When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6851 and 6852, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate that her or his name will appear on the Green Party presidential preference primary ballot.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot › Section 6853.

6853. If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary election, an affidavit stating without qualification that she or he is not a candidate for the office of President of the United States at the forthcoming presidential primary election, the name of that candidate shall be omitted from the list of names certified by the Secretary of State to the elections official for the ballot and the name of that candidate shall not appear on the presidential preference primary ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 99. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot › Section 6853.5.

6853.5. An unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated on her or his behalf. In order to qualify the name of that candidate for placement on the presidential preference primary ballot, the nomination papers of the candidate shall be signed by voters registered as preferring the Green Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons registered as preferring the Green Party as reflected in the report of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the 135th day before the presidential primary election.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6854.

6854. This article applies to the nomination of a Green Party candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 100. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6854.5.

6854.5. Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left, for examination, with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated at least 81 days before the presidential preference primary election.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 20. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6855.

6855. Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential preference primary ballot may sign only one paper. The signer shall add her or his printed name and place of residence indicating city and giving the street and number, if any.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 102. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6855.5.

6855.5. A nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the presidential preference candidate. Each section shall bear the name of the county in which it is circulated. Only voters of the county registered as preferring the Green Party are competent to sign.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 5 - Green Party Presidential Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers › Section 6856.

6856. Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirements of Section 104. No other declaration is required to be made.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6856.5. A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as preferring the Green Party until it is otherwise proven by comparison of the signatures with the affidavits of registration in the office of the elections official.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6857. The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY CANDIDATE
Section ____________Page ____________
County of __________.
Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the Green Party presidential preference primary ballot.
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 preferring the Green Party. I hereby nominate ____________ for the presidential preference portion of the Green Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential preference primary 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.
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S DECLARATION
I, ________, affirm all of the following:
1.That I am 18 years of age or older.
2.That my residence address, including street 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 a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the Green Party, 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.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at ________, California, this ____ day of ____, 20__.
[Signed] ______________________________
Circulator
[Printed Name] _____________________________
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 103. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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6857.2. Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 21. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)
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6857.5. Before filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6858. Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened together.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6858.5. The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of that county that does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in the office of the elections official. The elections official shall also disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of the county who is not registered as preferring the Green Party.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6859. Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall do both of the following:
(a) Examine and affix to the nomination papers a certificate reciting that she or he has examined them and stating the number of names that have not been marked “not sufficient.”
(b) Transmit the nomination papers with the certificate of examination to the Secretary of State, who shall file the papers.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 104. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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6859.5. The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL 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 presidential candidate, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is _______.
The candidate named in the nomination papers is comprised of the following:
_______________________________________________________
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20___.
________________________
(SEAL)
County Elections Official
By Deputy
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6860. Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate or her or his duly authorized representative of that fact.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6861. Following the filing of nomination papers, the presidential preference primary candidates shall be printed upon the ballot.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6861.5. For the presidential preference primary election, the format of the Green Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions:
(a) The heading “Presidential Candidate Preference” shall be included.
(b) Selected and unselected presidential candidates shall be listed below the heading specified in subdivision (a).
(c) The instructions to voters shall begin with the words “Vote for a candidate.” The instructions to voters shall also include the statement that “Delegates to the national convention will be selected after the presidential preference primary election.”
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 105. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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6862. A person who believes her or his name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, no later than 21 days before the presidential preference primary election, file an endorsement of her or his write-in candidacy with the Secretary of State, or no votes shall be counted for that write-in candidate.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 106. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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6863. The number of delegates to be selected following the presidential preference primary election shall be the number established by the national political party with which the Green Party is affiliated.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 107. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
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6863.5. National convention delegates shall be selected as provided for in the bylaws and the rules and procedures of the Green Party and pursuant to the rules of the national political party with which the Green Party is affiliated.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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6864. In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the Green Party shall also nominate as the candidates of its party as many electors of President and Vice President of the United States as the state is then entitled, 50 percent of whom shall be women and 50 percent men, unless an odd number of electors is to be chosen, in which case the difference between the number of women and men shall be not more than one elector. The Green Party shall also nominate an alternate elector for each elector chosen, for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6. The Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State shall certify the name of each elector and alternate elector nominated, and the elector's and alternate elector’s residence addresses to the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 1. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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6880. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 121, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective July 30, 2019.)
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6881. The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California has a strong interest in ensuring that its voters make informed, educated choices in the voting booth. To this end, the state has mandated that extensive amounts of information be provided to voters, including county and state voter information guides. The Legislature also finds and declares that a Presidential candidate’s income tax returns provide voters with essential information regarding the candidate’s potential conflicts of interest, business dealings, financial status, and charitable donations. The information in tax returns therefore helps voters to make a more informed decision. The Legislature further finds and declares that as one of the largest centers of economic activity in the world, the State of California has a special interest in the President refraining from corrupt or self-enriching behaviors while in office. The people of California can better estimate the risks of any given Presidential candidate engaging in corruption or the appearance of corruption if they have access to candidates’ tax returns. Finally, the State of California has an interest in ensuring that any violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution or statutory prohibitions on behavior such as insider trading are detected and punished. Mandated disclosure of Presidential candidates’ tax returns will enable enforcement of the laws against whichever candidate is elected President. The Legislature finds and declares that compliance costs with this requirement will be trivial.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 121, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective July 30, 2019.)
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6882. For purposes of this chapter, “income tax return” means any tax or information return, declaration of estimated tax, or claim for refund required by, or provided for or permitted under, the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and that is filed on behalf of, or with respect to any person, and any amendment or supplement thereto, including supporting schedules, attachments, or lists that are supplemental to, or part of, the return so filed.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 121, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective July 30, 2019.)