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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 1 - PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES › CHAPTER 7 - Income Tax Return Disclosure Requirements › Section 6883.

6883. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of State shall not print the name of a candidate for President of the United States on a primary election ballot, unless the candidate, at least 98 days before the presidential primary election, files with the Secretary of State copies of every income tax return the candidate filed with the Internal Revenue Service in the five most recent taxable years, in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 6884.
(b) If the candidate has not filed the candidate’s income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service for the tax year immediately preceding the primary election, the candidate shall submit a copy of the income tax return to the Secretary of State within five days of filing the return with the Internal Revenue Service.
(c) The requirement in subdivision (a) does not apply to any year in which the candidate was not required to file the candidate’s income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 121, Sec. 1. (SB 27) Effective July 30, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6900.

6900. The term “elector” or “presidential elector” as used in this chapter means an elector of President and Vice President of the United States, and not an elector as defined in Section 321.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6901.

6901. Whenever a political party, in accordance with Section 6864, 7100, 7300, 7578, or 7843, submits to the Secretary of State its certified list of nominees for electors and alternate electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for elector and alternate elector of the elector’s nomination by the party. The Secretary of State shall cause the names of the candidates for President and Vice President of the several political parties to be placed upon the ballot for the ensuing general election.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 2. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6901.5.

6901.5. On or before the 75th day before an election when electors for the President and Vice President of the United States will be chosen, each political party qualified to participate in the election shall notify the Secretary of State of the names of that party’s nominees for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States. If a qualified political party has not held its national convention by the 75th day before the election, the party shall notify the Secretary of State of the names of the party’s apparent nominees for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 72, Sec. 1. (SB 437) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6902.

6902. At the general election in each leap year, or at any other time as may be prescribed by the laws of the United States, there shall be chosen by the voters of the state as many electors of President and Vice President of the United States as the state is then entitled to.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6903.

6903. On or before the day of meeting of the electors, the Governor shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and he or she shall perform any other duties relating to presidential electors which are required of him or her by the laws of the United States.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6904.

6904. (a) The electors chosen shall assemble at the State Capitol at 2 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.
(b) If it is unsafe to meet in the State Capitol due to a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code), including a fire, flood, earthquake, or other emergency, the Governor shall designate by written proclamation an alternative location for the electors to assemble. The proclamation shall be filed with the Secretary of State.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6906.

6906. The electors, when convened, shall vote by ballot for a person for President and a person for Vice President of the United States, one of whom, at least, is not an inhabitant of this state.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 4. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 6909.

6909. Each presidential elector and alternate elector shall receive ten dollars ($10) for the elector’s services, and mileage at the rate of five cents ($0.05) per mile for each mile of travel from the elector’s domicile to the location of the meeting of the electors and return.
Their accounts therefor shall be certified by the Secretary of State, and audited by the Controller, who shall draw the Controller’s warrants for the same on the Treasurer, payable out of the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 2. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6911.

6911. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, as the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6912.

6912. In this chapter:
(a) “Cast” means accepted by the Secretary of State in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 6917.
(b) “Elector” means an individual who was a nominee for the office of presidential elector pursuant to Section 6864, 7100, 7300, 7578, 7843, 8303, or 8650 and selected as a presidential elector under the laws of this state and this chapter.
(c) “President” means President of the United States.
(d) “Unaffiliated presidential candidate” means a candidate for President who qualifies for the general election ballot in this state by means other than nomination by a political party.
(e) “Vice President” means Vice President of the United States.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6913.

6913. For each elector position in this state, a political party contesting the position, or an unaffiliated presidential candidate, shall submit to the Secretary of State the names of two qualified individuals. One of the individuals shall be designated “elector nominee” and the other “alternate elector nominee.” Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6915 to 6918, inclusive, this state’s electors are the winning elector nominees under the laws of this state.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6914.

6914. (a) Each elector nominee and alternate elector nominee of a political party shall execute the following pledge: “If selected for the position of elector, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice President for the nominees for those offices of the party that nominated me.”
(b) Each elector nominee and alternate elector nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate shall execute the following pledge: “If selected for the position of elector as a nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate, I agree to serve and mark my ballots for that candidate and for that candidate’s vice presidential running mate.”
(c) The pledges executed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall accompany submission of the corresponding names to the Secretary of State.
(d) If, after the nomination of a candidate for President or Vice President by a political party and before the meeting of electors described in Section 6917, the candidate dies or withdraws as a candidate for that office in accordance with the rules of the political party, the pledge described in subdivision (a) applies to the successor candidate for that office nominated by the political party in accordance with the party’s rules.
(e) If, after nomination of an unaffiliated candidate for President or Vice President and before the meeting of electors described in Section 6917, the candidate dies or withdraws as a candidate for that office, the pledge described in subdivision (b) applies to the successor candidate for that office nominated by the group of elector nominees of the candidate.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6915.

6915. In submitting this state’s certificate of ascertainment as required by Section 6 of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Governor shall certify this state’s electors and state in the certificate that:
(a) The electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy.
(b) If a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of this state’s electors.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6916.

6916. (a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the meeting of electors described in Section 6917.
(b) The position of an elector not present to vote is vacant. The Secretary of State shall appoint an individual as a substitute elector to fill a vacancy as follows:
(1) If the alternate elector is present to vote, by appointing the alternate elector for the vacant position.
(2) If the alternate elector for the vacant position is not present to vote, by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among the alternate electors present to vote who were nominated by the same political party or unaffiliated presidential candidate.
(3) If the number of alternate electors present to vote is insufficient to fill any vacant position pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), by appointing any immediately available individual who is qualified to serve as an elector and chosen through nomination by an plurality vote of the remaining electors, including nomination and vote by single elector if only one remains.
(4) If there is a tie between at least two nominees for substitute elector in a vote conducted under paragraph (3), by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among those nominees.
(5) If all elector positions are vacant and cannot be filled pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, by appointing a single presidential elector, with remaining vacant positions to be filled under paragraph (3) and, if necessary, paragraph (4).
(c) To qualify as a substitute elector under subdivision (b), an individual who has not executed the pledge required under Section 6914 shall execute the following pledge: “I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice President consistent with the pledge of the individual to whose elector position I have succeeded.”
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6917.

6917. (a) At the time designated for elector voting and after all vacant positions have been filled under Section 6916, the Secretary of State shall provide each elector with a presidential and a vice-presidential ballot. The elector shall mark the elector’s presidential and vice-presidential ballots with the elector’s votes for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, along with the elector’s signature and the elector’s legibly printed name.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by state law other than this chapter, each elector shall present both completed ballots to the Secretary of State, who shall examine the ballots and accept as cast all ballots of electors whose votes are consistent with their pledges executed under Section 6914 or subdivision (c) of Section 6916. Except as otherwise provided by state law other than this chapter, the Secretary of State shall not accept and shall not count either an elector’s presidential or vice-presidential ballot if the elector has not marked both ballots or has marked a ballot in violation of the elector’s pledge.
(c) An elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector’s pledge executed under Section 6914 or subdivision (c) of Section 6916 vacates the office of elector, creating a vacant position to be filled under Section 6916.
(d) The Secretary of State shall distribute ballots to and collect ballots from a substitute elector and repeat the process under this section of examining ballots, declaring and filling vacant positions as required, and recording appropriately completed ballots from the substituted electors, until all of the state’s electoral votes have been cast and recorded.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6918.

6918. (a) After the vote of this state’s electors is completed, if the final list of electors differs from any list that the Governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment prepared and transmitted under Section 5 of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Secretary of State immediately shall prepare an amended certificate of ascertainment and transmit it to the Governor for the Governor’s signature.
(b) The Governor immediately shall deliver the signed amended certificate of ascertainment to the Secretary of State and a signed duplicate original of the amended certificate of ascertainment to all individuals entitled to receive this state’s certificate of ascertainment, indicating that the amended certificate of ascertainment is to be substituted for the certificate of ascertainment previously submitted.
(c) The Secretary of State shall prepare a certificate of vote. The electors on the final list shall sign the certificate. The Secretary of State shall process and transmit the signed certificate with the amended certificate of ascertainment under Sections 9 to 11, inclusive, of Title 3 of the United States Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 3. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.2 - Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act › Section 6919.

6919. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 1.5 - Voting Compact › Section 6920.

6920. The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote as set forth in Section 6921.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. (AB 459) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 6950.

6950. Within three days of receiving the names of delegate candidates from the chairpersons of the steering committees, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list, for each congressional district wholly or partially within that county, containing the names of the delegate candidates selected and pledged to each candidate or uncommitted delegation who is entitled to be voted for on the ballot at the presidential primary.
The certified list shall be in substantially the following form:
Certified List of Delegate Candidates
In the ____ Congressional District
To the County Elections Official of ____ County:
I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following persons, listed beneath the name of the presidential candidate or uncommitted delegation they are pledged to, are the delegate candidates who will represent the voters of this congressional district at the ____ Democratic National Convention to the extent, based on his or her proportional share of the total votes for president in this district, that each presidential candidate or uncommitted delegation is entitled to delegates from this district.
List of Delegates Pledged to Presidential
Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations
In the _____ Congressional District
Delegates Pledged to
Rosaly Lever
Deborah Seiler
Elaine Ginnold
George Mann
Darren Chesin
Delegates Pledged to
Janice Atkinson
John Mott-Smith
Rosa Garcia-Viteri
Bruce Bolinger
Mary DeLost
Delegates Pledged to
Christopher Zirkle
Delegates Pledged to
Unpledged Delegation,
James Ashford, Chairperson
Mark Terry
Romulo Lopez
Linda M. Gonzalez
Joe Ayala
Lori Joseph
Abra Reynaga
Sylvia Cheng
Michael Ognisty
Bill Pitts
Lynne Chinn
Dated at Sacramento, California, this ____ day of ______, 20__.
(seal)
______________ Secretary of State
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 82. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 6951.

6951. At least 68 days before the presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list containing the names of the candidates to appear on the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference primary ballot and the names and addresses of the candidates for delegates for whom nomination papers have been filed and who are entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 6952.

6952. The certified list required by Section 6951 shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENTIAL
PREFERENCE PRIMARY AND CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL
CONVENTION DELEGATE
To the County Elections Official of ______ County:
I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the names of the candidates to appear on the June ____, 20__, Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference primary ballot, in the order in which they are to appear, are:
etc.
etc.
I further certify that the following list contains the name and post office address of each person who is entitled to be voted for at the June ____, 20__, Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary election as a candidate for delegate to the next national convention of the ____ Party with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level. I further certify that the groups of candidates for delegate each appear under the name of the person for whom the group has expressed a preference as nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party for President, or under the name of the group chairperson in case of a group not expressing a preference, and that the groups are listed in the order in which they are to appear on the national convention delegate portion of the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.
LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION
DELEGATE
PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY
Candidates
preferring
__________________
_________________________________________________________________
Name Address
Top of group
_____
_____
1
_____
2
_____
3
_____
etc.
_____
etc.
Candidates expressing
no preference
(Name of chairperson)
______________________
_________________________________________________________________
Name Address
Top of group
_____
_____
1
_____
2
_____
3
_____
etc.
_____
etc.
Dated at Sacramento, California, this ____ day of _____, 20___.
(SEAL)
Secretary of State
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 817, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 6953.

6953. At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list containing the names and addresses of the candidates for delegates for whom nomination papers have been filed and who are entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary.
The certified list shall be in substantially the following form:
Certified List of Candidates for Delegate
Secretary of State
To the Elections Official of ____ County:
I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following list contains the name and post office address of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed in my office and who is entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, as delegate to the next national convention of the American Independent Party; I further certify that in the list, under the name of the person for whom a preference as nominee of the American Independent Party for President has been expressed, or under the name of the chairman of a group not expressing a preference, there is stated the name of each candidate for delegate who has filed a statement pursuant to Section 6567, and who may be voted for as one of a group.
LIST OF CANDIDATES
American Independent Party
Candidates
preferring
Candidates
preferring
No preference
(Name of chairman)
Name Address
Top of group
Name Address
Top of group
Name Address
Top of group
1.
1.
1.
2.
2.
2.
3.
3.
3.
etc.
etc.
etc.
Dated at Sacramento, California, this ______ day of ______, 20___.
(SEAL)
(Secretary of State)
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 6 - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS › PART 2 - ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS › CHAPTER 2 - Duties of the Secretary of State › Section 6954.

6954. At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list containing the names and addresses of the candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and who are entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary.
The certified list shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES
secretary of state
To the County Elections Official of ____ County:
I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following list contains the name and post office address of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed in my office and who is entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, as nominee of the Republican Party.
List of Candidates
Republican Party
Name
Address
1
2
3
etc.
etc.
Dated at Sacramento, California, this ______ day of ______,
20___.
(SEAL)
Secretary of State
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7000.

7000. All references to a voter’s or candidate’s party “registration” or “affiliation” in this division shall refer to the party preference or lack of party preference disclosed by the voter or candidate in accordance with Sections 2151 and 2152 and subdivision (b) of Section 2154.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 16. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 7050.

7050. This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the Democratic Party of California.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors › Section 7100.

7100. In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the candidate in each congressional district who received the largest number of votes in the primary election among the candidates who disclosed a preference for the Democratic Party shall designate one presidential elector and one alternate presidential elector for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6 and shall file each elector’s name and residence and business address with the state chairperson by a date specified by the state chairperson. The candidate for United States Senate who received the largest number of votes in the primary election among the candidates who disclosed a preference for the Democratic Party in each of the last two United States senatorial elections shall designate one presidential elector and one alternate presidential elector and shall file each elector’s name and residence and business address with the state chairperson by a date specified by the state chairperson. In the event there is no candidate for United States Senate or for any particular congressional district who disclosed a preference for the Democratic Party, or if any candidate fails to designate a presidential elector and alternate presidential elector by the date specified by the state chairperson, the state chairperson shall designate one presidential elector and one alternate presidential elector for each vacancy. The state chairperson shall file the names and residence and business addresses of all the electors designated pursuant to this section with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the presidential election year.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 9. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7150.

7150. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the elements and practices of the state central committee shall be the same as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the Democratic Party of California, including the following:
(a) The membership of the state central committee.
(b) The procedures for notifying members of appointments.
(c) Proxy provisions.
(d) The form of appointment of members to the state central committee.
(e) The officers, methods of electing officers, and their terms.
(f) Quorum requirements for meetings of the state central committee.
(g) The procedures for the conduct of committee proceedings.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 392, Sec. 2. (AB 1396) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7151.

7151. The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ campaign directors and perform all other activities relating to campaign organizations it deems suitable or desirable and in the best interest of the party.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 392, Sec. 2. (AB 1396) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 3 - State Central Committee › Section 7152.

7152. The Democratic Party of California shall post a current copy of its standing rules and bylaws for public inspection on its Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 392, Sec. 2. (AB 1396) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 7 - POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS › PART 2 - DEMOCRATIC PARTY › CHAPTER 4 - County Central Committee › ARTICLE 1 - Members › Section 7200.

7200. (a) In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-twentieth of the number of votes cast in that county for Governor or, where the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.
(b) The committees in counties containing less than five Assembly districts shall be composed of not less than 21 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 21 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-twentieth of the votes cast for Governor in that county as to give a membership in the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 21 members.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
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7201. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county of the fifth class as defined in Section 28026 of the Government Code, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Assembly district, whether wholly or partly within the county, provided each such member is a resident of the county and of the Assembly district which the member represents. Only a person who is a resident of the county may vote for a candidate for membership to the county central committee and may vote only for candidates seeking to represent the Assembly district in which the voter resides.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7201.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Sacramento, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts with six members elected from each supervisor district. Each member shall be a resident of the county and of the supervisor district that the member represents. Only a person who is a resident of the county may vote for a candidate for membership to the county central committee and may vote only for candidates seeking to represent the supervisor district in which the voter resides.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 106, Sec. 1. (AB 3370) Effective January 1, 2021.)
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7201.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Alameda, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts and the number to be elected from any Assembly district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in that portion of the Assembly district lying within the County of Alameda at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-thirtieth of the number of votes cast in the county for Governor or, where the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that Assembly district.
(b) If the procedure described above would result in less than 30 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in that portion of each Assembly district lying within the County of Alameda shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-thirtieth of the votes cast for Governor in the county as to give a membership in the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 30 members.
Only a person who is a resident of the county may vote for a candidate for membership to the county central committee and may vote only for candidates seeking to represent the Assembly district in which the voter resides.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 3. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
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7202. In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Assembly district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7203. In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained either wholly or partially within the county. In an Assembly district that lies only partially within a county containing 20 or more Assembly districts, the seven members shall be elected from that portion of the Assembly district contained within the county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7204. (a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and shall consist of 24 members. Whichever of the two Assembly districts consists of the majority of the registered Democrats in the city and county shall elect 14 members and the Assembly district that consists of the minority of the registered Democrats in the city and county shall elect 10 members.
(b) Both of the following shall apply for purposes of this section:
(1) “Registered Democrat” means any voter in the city and county who has expressed a preference for the Democratic Party on his or her affidavit of registration pursuant to Sections 2150, 2151, and 2152 as of the 154th day prior to the first direct primary election after any redistricting of Assembly district boundaries.
(2) The City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections, or any comparable successor agency, shall calculate the percentage of the total registered Democrats in each Assembly district in the city and county.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the June 5, 2012, statewide primary election, signers of nomination papers for candidates for the county central committee shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the Democratic Party and who are residents in the County of San Francisco, regardless of whether they are residents of the district in which the candidate is to be voted on.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 4. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)
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7205. Notwithstanding this article, each county central committee by resolution may provide for the election of all or a portion of central committee members to represent individual central committee districts. The member shall reside in the district he or she represents but shall be elected at large within the Assembly district in which the county central committee district he or she represents is located.
The county central committee shall reapportion itself at least every 10 years, prior to the June primary election of that year. Each district shall be apportioned on the basis of the number of registered Democrats for the June primary in each even-numbered year, with no more than a 10-percent deviation from the average. Each district shall be compact, contiguous, and utilize any natural and neighborhood boundaries. The district boundaries shall not cut across any district lines of a precinct as drawn by the elections official for the last general or consolidated election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7206. In each county the nominee of this party for Senator or the incumbent Senator, the nominees of this party for the Assembly, and any person elected to either the Senate or Assembly at a special election to fill a vacancy in that house, and the nominee of this party for Representative in Congress, and any person elected at a special election to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives, shall be ex officio members of this committee. If the person elected from one party at the special election for an Assembly or Senate seat, or for the House of Representatives, shall be other than the nominee of that party for the same office at the prior election, the ex officio membership of the nominee shall expire immediately upon certification by the Secretary of State of the election. Ex officio members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, including the right to vote, and shall have the same standing in every way as other members of this committee, except they shall not be entitled to a ballot designation of incumbent upon seeking election to this committee in the next presidential primary.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 1. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7207. The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides:
(a) Governor.
(b) Lieutenant Governor.
(c) Secretary of State.
(d) Controller.
(e) Treasurer.
(f) Attorney General.
(g) Member of the State Board of Equalization.
(h) United States Senator from California.
His or her rights and privileges shall be the same as those prescribed for other ex officio members in Section 7206.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7208. A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An incumbent Member of the Senate or Assembly at the time of the meeting of the committee may appoint an alternate member without authorization from that committee, if the member desires to appoint an alternate.
That alternate member shall have the right to vote only with the written authorization of the member who appointed him or her. An alternate member of a county central committee shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the committee.
An alternate member must meet the same qualifications as the regular member and may vote only in the absence of the member who appointed him or her.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7211. In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which the district is entitled to be represented, a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of elected committeepersons and the number of committeepersons by which the district is entitled to be represented. When the vacancy or vacancies exist they shall be filled by the committee to which insufficient members were elected, in the manner provided for in Section 7212.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7212. In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of this party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs. A vacancy shall also exist on a committee when a member is removed from the committee pursuant to Section 7213 or 7215.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7213. Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless his or her absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7214. The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committee shall constitute his or her automatic resignation from the committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7215. A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party, who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of this party for any office, or who gives support or avows a preference for a candidate of another party or candidate who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7216. Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections official and the chairperson of the state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and the name of the person replaced, and shall indicate the date of the appointment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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7225. At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 2. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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7226. The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each Assembly district or supervisor district, as the case may be, pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 3. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)