California Elections Code ARTICLE 3 - Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers

• Section 6854.
  This article applies to the nomination of a Green Party candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 100. (SB...
• Section 6854.5.
  Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left, for examination, with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated...
• Section 6855.
  Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential preference primary ballot may sign only one paper. The signer shall add her or his printed...
• Section 6855.5.
  A nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the presidential preference candidate. Each section shall bear the name...
• Section 6856.
  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it,...
• Section 6856.5.
  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as preferring the...
• Section 6857.
  The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form:SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER...
• Section 6857.5.
  Before filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477)...
• Section 6858.
  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened...
• Section 6858.5.
  The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of...
• Section 6859.
  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall do both of the following:(a) Examine and...
• Section 6859.5.
  The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO NOMINATIONPAPERS...
• Section 6860.
  Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018