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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8000.

8000. This chapter does not apply to:
(a) Recall elections.
(b) Presidential primary.
(c) Nomination of officers of cities or counties whose charters provide a system for nominating candidates for those offices.
(d) Nomination of officers for any district not formed for municipal purposes.
(e) Nomination of officers for general law cities.
(f) Nomination of school district officers.
(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 1 - General Provisions › Section 8001.

8001. (a) A declaration of candidacy for membership on a county central committee shall not be filed by a candidate unless (1) at the time of presentation of the declaration and continuously for not less than three months immediately prior to that time, or for as long as the candidate has been eligible to register to vote in the state, the candidate is shown by the candidate’s affidavit of registration to have expressed a preference for the political party of that committee, and (2) the candidate has not been registered with a preference for a qualified political party other than that political party within 12 months.
(b) The elections official shall attach a certificate to the declaration of candidacy showing the date on which the candidate registered with a preference for the political party of that committee, and indicating that the candidate has not been registered with a preference for any other qualified political party for the period specified in subdivision (a) immediately preceding the filing of the declaration. This section does not apply to a declaration of candidacy filed by a candidate of a political party participating in its first direct primary election subsequent to its qualification as a political party pursuant to Section 5100.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a county central committee, subject to the bylaws of the state central committee, may establish the length of time that a candidate for membership on that committee must be shown by the candidate’s affidavit of registration to have expressed a preference for the political party of that committee, and may establish the length of time that a candidate for membership on that committee must not have been registered with a preference for a qualified political party other than the political party of that committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 106, Sec. 2. (AB 3370) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8002.

8002. If a candidate is a candidate for a nonpartisan office, all reference to party affiliation shall be omitted on all forms required to be filed.
(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 1 - General Provisions › Section 8002.5.

8002.5. (a) A candidate for a voter-nominated office shall indicate one of the following upon their declaration of candidacy, which shall be consistent with what appears on the candidate’s most recent affidavit of registration:
(1) “Party Preference: ______ (insert the name of the qualified political party as disclosed upon your affidavit of registration).”
(2) “Party Preference: None (if you have declined to disclose a preference for a qualified political party upon your affidavit of registration).”
(b) The selection made by a candidate pursuant to subdivision (a) shall appear on the primary and general election ballot in conjunction with the candidate’s name, and shall not be changed between the primary and general election.
(c) Regardless of the party preference, or lack of party preference, of the candidate or the voter, any qualified voter may vote for any candidate for a voter-nominated office if the voter is otherwise entitled to vote for candidates for the office to be filled. Nothing in Section 2151, 13102, or 13502 shall be construed to limit the ability of a voter to cast a primary election ballot for any candidate for a voter-nominated office, regardless of the party preference, or lack of party preference, designated by the candidate for inclusion upon the ballot pursuant to this section, provided that the voter is otherwise qualified to cast a ballot for the office at issue.
(d) A candidate designating a party preference pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be deemed to be the official nominee of the party designated as preferred by the candidate. A candidate’s designation of party preference shall not be construed as an endorsement of that candidate by the party designated. The party preference designated by the candidate is shown for the information of the voters only and may in no way limit the options available to voters.
(e) All references to party preference or affiliation shall be omitted from all forms required to be filed by a voter-nominated candidate pursuant to this division in the same manner that such references are omitted from forms required to be filed by nonpartisan candidates pursuant to Section 8002, except that the declaration of candidacy required by Section 8040 shall include space for the candidate to list the party preference disclosed upon the candidate’s most recent affidavit of registration, in accordance with subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 161, Sec. 24. (AB 2608) Effective August 22, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8003.

8003. This chapter does not prohibit the independent nomination of candidates under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8300), subject to the following limitations:
(a) A candidate whose name has been on the ballot as a candidate of a party at the direct primary and who has been defeated for that party nomination is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate. He is also ineligible as a candidate named by a party central committee to fill a vacancy on the ballot for a general election.
(b) No person may file nomination papers for a party nomination and an independent nomination for the same office, or for more than one office at the same 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 1 - General Provisions › Section 8004.

8004. (a) In the event that no candidate files for a party’s nomination for any partisan office that would appear on the ballot in a county or a political subdivision within that county, the elections official shall do both of the following:
(1) Refrain from printing a partisan ballot for that party in that county or a political subdivision within that county in which there are no candidates for that political party’s nomination.
(2) Send notification to those voters registered as affiliated with that party that there were no qualified candidates for the partisan office for which the voter is eligible to vote, together with a nonpartisan ballot, unless, 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 is filed with the elections official and signed by 10 percent of the registered voters, or 100 registered voters, whichever is less, affiliated with that party within the county or a political subdivision within that county, whichever is applicable.
(b) A separate petition shall be filed for each specific office for which a write-in campaign is to be conducted.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 289, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 8005.

8005. In addition to satisfying the requirements of Sections 9083.5, 9084.5, and 14105.1, the Secretary of State shall conduct public voter education campaigns, using existing resources, for the purpose of publicly disseminating information regarding the roles of the parties in primary elections for party-nominated offices, voter-nominated offices, and nonpartisan offices.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 18. (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 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8020.

8020. (a) A candidate’s name shall not be printed on the ballot to be used at the direct primary unless the following nomination documents are delivered for filing to the county elections official:
(1) Declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8040.
(2) Nomination papers signed by signers pursuant to Section 8041.
(3) Proper qualification documentation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13.5, if applicable.
(b) The forms shall first be available on the 113th day prior to the direct primary election, or on the 158th day prior to the primary election for a candidate for membership on a county central committee, and shall be delivered to the county for which the nomination documents were circulated not later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day prior to the primary election. The forms may be delivered to the county elections official by a person other than the candidate.
(c) Upon the receipt of an executed nomination document, the county elections official shall give the person delivering the document a receipt, properly dated, indicating that the document was delivered to the county elections official.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 8028, upon request of a candidate, the county elections official shall provide the candidate with a declaration of candidacy. The county elections official shall not require a candidate to sign, file, or sign and file, a declaration of candidacy as a condition of receiving nomination papers.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 669, Sec. 2. (AB 910) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8021.

8021. All nomination documents which are delivered for filing to the elections official in compliance with Section 8020 and that are not required by this chapter to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State shall be filed with the elections official by the 83rd day before 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 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8022.

8022. Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent state Senator, Member of the Assembly, state constitutional officer, Insurance Commissioner, Member of the United States House of Representatives, or United States Senator are not delivered by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, any person other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election to file nomination documents for the elective office.
However, if the incumbent’s failure to file nomination documents is because he or she has already served the maximum number of terms permitted by the California Constitution for that office, there shall be no extension of the period for filing the nomination documents.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 152, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8023.

8023. (a) Except in the case of a judicial office filled in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution, every candidate for a judicial office, not more than 14 nor less than five days prior to the first day on which his or her nomination papers may be circulated and signed or may be presented for filing, shall file in the office of the elections official in which his or her nomination papers are required to be filed, a written and signed declaration of his or her intention to become a candidate for that office on a form to be supplied by the elections official. A candidate for a numerically designated judicial office shall state in his or her declaration for which office he or she intends to become a candidate.
(b) No person may be a candidate nor have his or her name printed on any ballot as a candidate for judicial office unless he or she has filed the declaration of intention provided for in this section. If the incumbent of a judicial office fails to file a declaration of intention by the end of the period specified in subdivision (a), persons other than the incumbent may file declarations of intention no later than the first day for filing nomination papers.
(c) Declarations shall be in substantially the following form:
“I hereby declare my intention to become a candidate for the office of____(name of office and district, if any) at the ____, 2____ election.”
No candidate for a judicial office shall be required to state his or her residential address on the declaration of intention. However, if the address is not stated on the declaration of intention, the address must be provided to the elections official for verification.
(d) This section shall apply to all judicial offices whether numerically designated or not.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 199, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8024.

8024. Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent officer of a county are not delivered by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, any person other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election to file nomination documents for the elective office.
This section is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be 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 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8025.

8025. If a candidate who has declared a candidacy for a nomination at the direct primary election for a voter-nominated office dies after the last day prescribed for the delivery of nomination documents to the elections official, as provided in Section 8020, but not less than 83 days before the election, any person, regardless of his or her party preference or lack of party preference, may circulate and deliver nomination documents for the office to the elections official up to 5 p.m. on the 74th day prior to the election. In that case, the elections official shall, immediately after receipt of those nomination documents, certify and transmit them to the Secretary of State in the manner specified in this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 13. (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 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8026.

8026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for an election for a judicial office, an election shall not be conducted and no votes cast for the office shall be counted, and if counted the votes shall be null and void, if an incumbent is a candidate for a nonpartisan statewide, countywide, or citywide office, or for a nonpartisan office that is elected by division, area, or district, which he or she currently holds at an election at which only one other candidate, excluding any write-in candidates, has qualified to have his or her name placed on the ballot for that office, and either the challenger or the incumbent dies after the hour of 12:01 a.m. of the 68th day before the election.
(b) A special election shall be called and held when the death of the challenger or the incumbent occurs within the period set in subdivision (a). The special election shall be called by the appropriate governing body within 14 days after the death of the incumbent or challenger. The special election shall be held no later than 88 days after the proclamation or resolution calling for the election. Candidates at the special election shall be nominated in accordance with this part, except that forms for securing signatures in lieu of a filing fee need not be made available until 15 days before the first day for circulating nomination papers, in-lieu-filing-fee petitions shall be filed at least seven days prior to the closing of the nomination period, nomination papers shall be delivered for filing to the elections official not less than 68 days and not more than 87 days before the special election, any candidate’s statement shall be filed with the clerk no later than the 68th day before the special election, and the Secretary of State shall conduct the randomized alphabet drawing under procedures similar to Sections 13112 and 13113 on the 67th day before the special election. Any candidate who paid a filing fee in connection with the previously scheduled election shall not be required to pay any additional filing fee, but shall be required to file new nomination papers.
(c) The Secretary of State or elections official shall take appropriate action to ensure that voters do not erroneously vote in a canceled election.
(d) This section applies to a primary election. If a candidate in a runoff election dies under the circumstances prescribed in subdivision (a), Section 15402 applies to govern the results of that election.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 97, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8027.

8027. (a) Filing of nomination papers for a nonpartisan office, except for a judicial office, shall be reopened when an incumbent who is a candidate for a nonpartisan statewide, countywide, or citywide office, or for a nonpartisan office that is elected by division, area, or district which he or she currently holds at an election at which only one other candidate, excluding any write-in candidates, has qualified to have his or her name placed on the ballot for that office and either the challenger or the incumbent dies after the 88th day but before the 68th day before the election.
(b) Any person qualified to be a candidate for the office for which either the deceased challenger or the deceased incumbent was a candidate may circulate and deliver nomination papers commencing the day after the death of either the challenger or the incumbent. Candidates shall be nominated in accordance with this part, except that in-lieu-filing-fee petitions shall not be made available and nomination papers shall be returned to the elections official no later than 5 p.m. on the 68th day before the 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 2 - Nomination Documents › Section 8028.

8028. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate shall not remove a declaration of candidacy form from the office of the elections official, and the elections official shall require all candidates filing a declaration of candidacy to execute the declaration in the office of the elections official.
(b) A candidate may, in a written statement signed and dated by the candidate, designate a person to receive a declaration of candidacy form from the elections official and deliver it to the candidate. The statement shall include language indicating that the candidate is aware that the declaration of candidacy must be properly executed and delivered to the elections official of the county of the candidate’s residence by the 88th day prior to the direct primary election. That statement shall be retained by the 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 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Form of Nomination Documents › Section 8041.

8041. (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the following form:
NOMINATION PAPER
I, the undersigned signer for ______ for nomination to the office of ____, to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, hereby assert as follows:
I am a resident of ____ County and registered to vote at the address shown on this paper. I am not at this time a signer of any other nomination paper of any other candidate for the above-named office, or in case there are several places to be filled in the above-named office, I have not signed more nomination papers than there are places to be filled in the above-named office. My residence is correctly set forth after my signature hereto:
Name
Residence
(b) The affidavit of the circulator shall read as follows:
AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCULATOR
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 the signatures on this section of the nomination paper were obtained between _____, 20__, and _____, 20__; that I circulated the petition and I witnessed the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being written; 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
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___________ day of _____________, 20__.
(SEAL)Notary Public (or other official) _____
Examined and certified by me this ___________ day of _____________, 20__.
Elections Official
WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any nomination paper in his or her possession which is entitled to be filed under Section 18202 of the Elections Code.
(c) If the nomination paper is for a partisan office, the nomination paper shall include a statement indicating the party preference of the signer of the nomination paper.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 13. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 3 - Form of Nomination Documents › Section 8042.

8042. The Secretary of State shall establish uniform filing forms for candidates to use when filing a declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8040 and nomination papers pursuant to Section 8041.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. (AB 2577) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8060.

8060. A candidate who declares his or her candidacy shall have registered voters sign his or her nomination papers pursuant to 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 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8061.

8061. (a) If a candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, any or all signatures appearing on the petition, which would be valid under Section 8041, shall be counted towards the number of voters required to sign a nomination paper. If an in-lieu-filing-fee petition contains a requisite number of valid signatures under Section 8062, the candidate shall not be required to file nomination papers.
(b) If an in-lieu-filing-fee petition does not contain the requisite number of valid signatures as set forth in Section 8062, 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 on a nomination paper. A candidate who submits a nomination paper pursuant to this subdivision shall only be required to obtain the number of signatures thereon needed to supplement the in-lieu-filing-fee petition so that the combination of signatures appearing on the in-lieu-filing-fee petition and the nomination paper equals or exceeds the requisite number of signatures set forth in Section 8062.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 562, Sec. 3. (AB 1829) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8062.

8062. (a) The number of registered voters required to sign a nomination paper for the respective offices are as follows:
(1) State office or United States Senate, not fewer than 65 nor more than 100.
(2) House of Representatives in Congress, State Senate or Assembly, State Board of Equalization, or any office voted for in more than one county, and not statewide, not fewer than 40 nor more than 60.
(3) Candidacy in a single county or any political subdivision of a county, other than State Senate or Assembly, not fewer than 20 nor more than 40.
(4) With respect to a candidate for a political party committee, if any political party has fewer than 50 voters in the state or in the county or district in which the election is to be held, one-tenth the number of voters of the party.
(5) If there are fewer than 150 voters in the county or district in which the election is to be held, not fewer than 10 nor more than 20.
(b) The provisions of this section are mandatory, not directory, and no nomination paper shall be deemed sufficient that does not comply with this section. However, this subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit withdrawal of signatures pursuant to Section 8067. This subdivision also shall not be construed to prohibit a court from validating a signature which was previously rejected upon showing of proof that the voter whose signature is in question is otherwise qualified to sign the nomination paper.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 16. (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 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8063.

8063. The nomination paper shall be delivered to the elections official of the county in which the signer resides and is a voter.
(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 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8064.

8064. The declaration of candidacy shall be obtained from, and delivered to, the elections official of the county in which the candidate resides and is a voter in accordance with Section 8028.
(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 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8065.

8065. The elections official shall not accept for filing any nomination paper unless all blanks in the certificate are filled.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8066.

8066. Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 14. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8067.

8067. No more signers shall be secured for any candidate than the maximum number required in this article. If, however, through miscalculation or otherwise, more signers are secured than the maximum number, the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed shall, with the written consent of the candidate, withdraw the excess number.
(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 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8068.

8068. Signers shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. With respect to a candidacy for partisan office, signers shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the party, if any, for which the nomination is proposed. With respect to a candidacy for voter-nominated office, signers need not have disclosed a preference for any party.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 17. (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 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8069.

8069. No signer shall, at the time of signing a certificate, have his or her name signed to any other nomination paper for any other candidate for the same office or, in case there are several places to be filled in the same office, signed to more nomination papers for candidates for that office than there are places to be filled.
(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 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents › Section 8070.

8070. The elections official shall transmit to the Secretary of State the nomination document for each candidate for state office, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Member of the Senate or Assembly, or the members of the State Board of Equalization.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 736, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Verification of Nomination Signatures › Section 8080.

8080. No fee or charge shall be made or collected by any officer for verifying any nomination document or circulator’s affidavit.
(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 5 - Verification of Nomination Signatures › Section 8081.

8081. Before any nomination document is filed in the office of the county elections official or forwarded for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, the county elections official shall verify the signatures and the political preferences, if required, of the signers on the nomination paper with the registration affidavits on file in the office of the county elections official. The county elections official shall mark “not sufficient” any signature that does not appear in the same handwriting as appears on the affidavit of registration in his or her office, or that is accompanied by a declaration of party preference that is not in accordance with the declaration of party preference in the affidavit of registration. The county elections official may cease to verify signatures once the minimum requisite number of signatures has been verified.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 22. (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 5 - Verification of Nomination Signatures › Section 8082.

8082. All nomination documents that are required to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, within five days after being left with the county elections official in compliance with Section 8020, shall be forwarded by the county elections official to the Secretary of State, who shall receive and file them. The county elections official shall forward with the nomination documents a statement showing the total number of signatures on the nomination document that have not been marked “not sufficient.”
(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 5 - Verification of Nomination Signatures › Section 8083.

8083. The county elections official’s statement to the Secretary of State of the number of signers shall be in substantially the following form:
statement of county elections official of number of signers
I, County Elections Official of the County of ____, hereby certify that I have examined the ____ hereto attached filed on behalf of ____, candidate for nomination to the office of ____ at the primary election to be held on the __ day of ____, 20_, and that the total number of signatures which I have not marked “not sufficient” is ____.
Dated this __ day of ____, 20_.
__County Elections Official
(seal)By _________ Deputy
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 9. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 5 - Verification of Nomination Signatures › Section 8084.

8084. If the number of signatures affixed to an in-lieu filing fee petition filed pursuant to Section 8106 is 100 or more, the county elections official may use a random sampling technique for verification of the signatures. If a random sampling technique is used, and the number of signatures on a petition is 100 or more but less than 2,000, the random sampling shall include an examination of 100 signatures. If the number of signatures on a petition is 2,000 or more, the random sampling shall include an examination of 5 percent of the signatures. Upon completion of the verification of signatures in the sample, the percentage of signatures which are valid shall be applied and projected to the total number of signatures submitted.
(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 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8100.

8100. All nomination documents shall be filed as follows:
(a) For state offices, United States Senators, Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, and members of the Board of Equalization, in the office of the Secretary of State.
(b) For all officers to be voted for wholly within one county, except as provided in subdivision (a), in the office of the elections official of that county.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 736, Sec. 3. Effective October 10, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8101.

8101. All forms required for nomination and election to all congressional, state, county, and political party county central committee offices shall be furnished only by the county elections official. At the time of issuance of those forms the county elections official shall type in the forms the name of the candidate and the office for which he or she is a candidate, shall imprint a stamp which reads “Official Filing Form,” and shall affix his or her signature. The forms shall be distributed without charge to all candidates applying for them.
(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 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8102.

8102. No defect in any nomination document presented shall prevent the filing of another nomination document within the period allowed for presenting the nomination document.
(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 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8103.

8103. (a) The following fees for filing declarations of candidacy shall be paid to the Secretary of State by each candidate:
(1) Two percent of the first-year salary for the office of United States Senator or for any state office. The fee prescribed in this subdivision does not apply to the office of state Senator, Member of the Assembly, member of the State Board of Equalization, or justice of the court of appeal.
(2) One percent of the first-year salary for the office of Representative in Congress, member of the State Board of Equalization, or justice of the court of appeal.
(3) One percent of the first-year salary for the office of state Senator or Member of the Assembly.
(b) For purposes of this section, “salary” means the annual salary for the office as of the first day on which a candidate may circulate petitions in lieu of filing fees pursuant to Section 8106.
(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 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8104.

8104. The filing fee to be paid to the county elections official for filing a declaration of candidacy for an office to be voted for wholly within one county other than a legislative or congressional office shall be as follows:
(a) No filing fee is required from any candidate for an office for which no fixed compensation is payable, or for which the annual salary is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less.
(b) A filing fee of 1 percent of the annual salary of the office shall be paid to the county elections official by each candidate for a judicial office or for a county office. This subdivision shall not apply to any candidate for any office for which the annual salary is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less.
The filing fee shall be calculated on the basis of the annual salary for the office on the first day to circulate petitions to gather signatures in lieu of filing fees.
(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 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8105.

8105. (a) The filing fees for all candidates shall be paid at the time the candidates obtain their nomination forms from the county elections official. The county elections official shall not accept any papers unless the fees are paid at the time required by this section, or unless satisfactory evidence is given to the county elections official or to the registrar of voters that the fee has been paid at the time of the declaration of candidacy in another county. The county elections official shall transmit the appropriate fees to the Secretary of State at the time he or she delivers the declarations of candidacy for filing. All filing fees received by the Secretary of State and county elections officials are nonrefundable.
(b) The filing fees for candidates required to file declarations of intention pursuant to Section 8023 shall be paid at the time the declarations are filed with the county elections official.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 466, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8106.5.

8106.5. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 8106, if the last day to file in-lieu-filing-fee petitions pursuant to that paragraph for a special election to fill a vacancy occurs before the vacancy begins, or before the Governor calls the special election by issuing a proclamation pursuant to Section 10700, the following apply:
(1) If the nomination period for the special election is 12 days or more, the in-lieu-filing-fee petitions shall be filed at least nine days before the close of the nomination period. Within three days after receipt of a petition, the elections official shall notify the candidate of any deficiency. The candidate shall then, at the time of obtaining nomination forms, pay a pro rata portion of the filing fee to cover the deficiency.
(2) If the nomination period for the special election is 11 days or less, the Secretary of State shall set the time for filing in-lieu-filing-fee petitions and the time by which the elections official shall notify the candidate of any deficiency. If there is a deficiency, the candidate shall, at the time of obtaining nomination forms, pay a pro rata portion of the filing fee to cover the deficiency.
(b) If the number of days for a candidate to collect signatures on a petition in lieu of a filing fee for a special election that is held to fill a vacancy is less than the number of days that a candidate would have to collect signatures on a petition for a regular election for the same office, the elections official shall reduce the required number of signatures for the petition, as specified in subdivision (a) of Section 8106, by the same proportion as the reduction in time for the candidate to collect signatures.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the number of signatures required on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition for a special election held to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress, State Senator, or Member of the Assembly shall be not less than 100.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 104. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS › PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary › ARTICLE 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees › Section 8107.

8107. The county elections official shall pay to the county treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8105. Within 10 days after the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall pay to the State Treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8103, which shall be deposited in the General Fund.
It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds deposited in the General Fund pursuant to this section will be used by the Secretary of State in the performance of his or her duties pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 19000) of Division 19, to the extent that appropriations are made in the Budget Act from year to year.
(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 7 - Certified List of Candidates › Section 8120.

8120. At least 68 days before the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list of candidates who are eligible to be voted for in his or her county at the direct primary.
(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 7 - Certified List of Candidates › Section 8121.

8121. (a) Not less than five days before he or she transmits the certified list of candidates to the county elections officials, as provided in Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for partisan office and voter-nominated office of the names, addresses, offices, occupations, and party preferences of all other persons who have filed for the same office.
(b) (1) Beginning not less than five days before he or she transmits the certified list of candidates to the county elections officials, as required by Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall post, in a conspicuous place on his or her Internet Web site, the party preference history of each candidate for voter-nominated office 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. The candidates’ party preference history shall be continuously posted until such time as the official canvass is completed for the general or special election at which a candidate is elected to the voter-nominated office sought, except that, in the case of a candidate who participated in the primary election and who was not nominated to participate in the general election, the candidate’s party preference history need not continue to be posted following the completion of the official canvass for the primary election in question.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “party preference history” also refers to the candidate’s history of party registration during the 10 years preceding the effective date of this section.
(3) The Secretary of State shall also conspicuously post on the same Internet Web site as that containing the candidates’ party preference history the notice specified by subdivision (b) of Section 9083.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 19. (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 7 - Certified List of Candidates › Section 8122.

8122. The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of candidates for nomination to each office according to Assembly districts, in the order of arrangement prescribed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13. In the case of each county containing more than one Assembly district, the Secretary of State 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 7 - Certified List of Candidates › Section 8123.

8123. The Secretary of State, at the time he or she transmits the list of candidates to the county elections official, shall inform the county elections official of the address of each candidate.
(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 7 - Certified List of Candidates › Section 8124.

8124. The certified list of candidates sent to each county elections official by the Secretary of State shall show all of the following:
(a) The name of each candidate.
(b) The office for which each person is a candidate.
(c) With respect to candidates for partisan offices, the party each person represents.
(d) With respect to candidates for voter-nominated offices, the designation made by the candidate pursuant to Section 8002.5.
(e) If applicable, the ballot designation specified in accordance with Section 13107.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 20. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)