California Elections Code ARTICLE 5 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination Papers

• Section 6580.
  This article applies to the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot, to the nomination of a slate of...
• Section 6581.
  Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed and verified shall be left, for examination, with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated...
• Section 6582.
  Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his or her intention...
• Section 6583.
  Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the presidential preference candidate, or the names of the candidates...
• Section 6584.
  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it,...
• Section 6585.
  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise...
• Section 6586.
  The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED...
• Section 6587.
  The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates, to the national convention shall be in substantially the following form:SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED...
• Section 6591.
  Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 104 nor less than...
• Section 6592.
  An elections official or deputy elections official may not serve as a circulator and circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election...
• Section 6593.
  Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned to the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives. All the sections circulated in...
• Section 6594.
  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch....
• Section 6595.
  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened...
• Section 6596.
  The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of...
• Section 6597.
  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the elections official shall:(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate...
• Section 6598.
  The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in substantially the following form: Certificate of...
• Section 6599.
  Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018