Cal. ELEC § 6786
This is the official text of Cal. ELEC § 6786, part of California’s Elections Code — governs how elections are conducted, including voter registration, ballots, and campaign rules.
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Official statutory text
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 BY VOTER
ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
PRIMARY CANDIDATE
Section ______ Page ______
County of _________.
Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.
State of California
County of ⎱
⎰ ss.
SIGNER’S STATEMENT
I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ______, State of California, and am registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party. I hereby nominate ________ for the presidential preference portion of the Peace and Freedom Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ______ day of June, 20__. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates to the national convention of the ______ Party, with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level.
Number Signature Printed
name Residence
street address
/city
1.
2.
3.
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
I, ______, 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 I secured signatures in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the Peace and Freedom Party, that all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered from 1 to ____, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the signatures were obtained between ____, 20_, and ____, 20_, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20_.
(Signed) Circulator
(Printed name)
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER
ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
PRIMARY CANDIDATE
Section ______ Page ______
County of _________.
Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.
State of California
County of ⎱
⎰ ss.
SIGNER’S STATEMENT
I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ______, State of California, and am registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party. I hereby nominate ________ for the presidential preference portion of the Peace and Freedom Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ______ day of June, 20__. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates to the national convention of the ______ Party, with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level.
Number Signature Printed
name Residence
street address
/city
1.
2.
3.
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
I, ______, 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 I secured signatures in the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the Peace and Freedom Party, that all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered from 1 to ____, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the signatures were obtained between ____, 20_, and ____, 20_, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20_.
(Signed) Circulator
(Printed name)
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