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PART 3. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES [8600. - 8700.]

Part 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 8600–8700 · 12 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General §§ 8600–8606 · 7 sections
    • § 8600 (a) Every person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have their name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a particular office shall file…
    • § 8601 The statement and nomination papers shall be available on the 57th day prior to the election for which the candidate is filing as a write-in candidate, and…
    • § 8602 The nomination papers for a write-in candidate shall be substantially in the same form as set forth in Section 8041.
    • § 8603 Signers of nomination papers for write-in candidates shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. In…
    • § 8604 No fee or charge shall be required of a write-in candidate except in the case of a candidate for city office, as provided in Section 10228.
    • § 8605 No person whose name has been written in upon a ballot for an office at the direct primary may have his or her name placed upon the ballot as a candidate for…
    • § 8606 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be a write-in candidate at the general election for a voter-nominated office.
  2. CHAPTER 2. Presidential Electors §§ 8650–8653 · 4 sections
    • § 8650 Any group of individuals, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to which this state is entitled, who desire to be write-in candidates for…
    • § 8651 (a) The declaration of write-in candidacy for presidential elector shall contain the following information: (1) Candidate’s name. (2) Residence address. (3) A…
    • § 8652 The declaration of write-in candidacy shall be filed with the Secretary of State no later than the 14th day prior to the general election.
    • § 8653 Only those names written on the ballot at the general election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States for which a group of…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Term Limits § 8700 · 1 section
    • § 8700 (a) FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES; BALLOT ACCESS. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State, or other elections official authorized…