California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 7 - Secretary of State › Chapter 7 - Ballot Designations › Section 20711 - Ballot Designation Worksheet

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In order to facilitate review of a
				candidate's proposed ballot designation by the Secretary of State pursuant to
				Elections Code §
									13107, the
				candidate shall submit, at the time of filing his or her proposed ballot
				designation on the Declaration of Candidacy, a completed Ballot Designation
				Worksheet on a form provided by the Secretary of State.
(b) All Ballot Designation Worksheets filed
				with the Office of the Secretary of State or the county elections officials
				pursuant to this section shall be public records and shall be available for
				inspection and copying at the public counter of the Elections Division of the
				Office of the Secretary of State, Fifth Floor, 1500 11th Street, Sacramento,
				California 95814, or at the office of the applicable county elections
				official.
(c) The Secretary of
				State shall provide a master copy or copies of the Ballot Designation Worksheet
				to all elections officials responsible for providing and accepting the
				nomination documents for candidates in elections for offices certified by the
				Secretary of State. The Ballot Designation Worksheet shall request that the
				candidate proposing the ballot designation provide the following information:
(1) The candidate's name, home, business and
				mailing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail address, if available, and fax
				number;
(2) A designation of the
				office for which the candidate is seeking election;
(3) The name, home, business and mailing
				addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail address, if available, and fax number of
				the attorney representing the candidate or for any other person to be contacted
				in the event the Secretary of State requires further information regarding the
				proposed ballot designation;
(4)
				The proposed ballot designation submitted by the candidate;
(5) The candidate may submit one or more
				proposed alternate ballot designations ranked in order of the candidate's
				preference;
(6) A brief statement
				identifying the factual basis upon which the candidate claims the proposed
				ballot designation and each proposed alternate ballot designation, including
				the following:
(A) If the candidate holds
				elected office and is submitting his or her proposed ballot designation
				pursuant to Elections Code §
											13107,
				subdivisions (a)(1) or (a)(2), the candidate shall indicate the elective office
				he or she currently occupies and may attach a copy of his or her Certificate of
				Election;
(B) If the candidate is a
				judicial officer and is submitting his or her proposed ballot designation
				pursuant to Elections Code §
											13107,
				subdivisions (a)(1) or (a)(2), the candidate shall indicate the elective office
				he or she currently holds and may attach either (A) a copy of his or her
				Certificate of Election or (B) a copy of his or her commission or certificate
				of appointment, issued at the time the candidate was appointed to the judicial
				office which he or she currently occupies;
(C) If the candidate submits a ballot
				designation pursuant to Elections Code §
											13107,
				subdivision (a)(3), the candidate shall indicate:
(i) The title of the position or positions
				which he or she claims supports the proposed ballot designation;
(ii) The dates during which the candidate
				held such position;
(iii) A
				description of the work he or she performs in the position;
(iv) The name of the candidate's business or
				employer;
(v) The name and
				telephone number of a person or persons who could verify such information;
				and
(vi) A statement that the
				professions, vocations or occupations relied upon to support the proposed
				ballot designation constitute the primary, main or leading professions,
				vocations or occupations of the candidate, in accordance with the definition of
				the term "principal" as set forth at §
												20714, subdivision
				(b).
(D) If the candidate
				submits a ballot designation pursuant to Elections Code §
											13107,
				subdivision (a)(4), the candidate shall indicate the date on which he or she
				was appointed to the office for which he or she is an appointed
				incumbent.