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CHAPTER 1. Democratic Presidential Primary [6001. - 6241.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 6001–6241 · 39 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 6001–6003 · 4 sections
    • § 6001 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alquist Open Presidential Primary Act.”
    • § 6001.5 This chapter applies to the Democratic Party.
    • § 6002 (a) This chapter applies both to the selection of delegates and alternates pledged to the candidacy of a particular candidate and to the selection of delegates…
    • § 6003 Participation in the delegate selection process in primaries shall be restricted to voters whose affidavits of registration declare the Democratic Party as…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Number and Certification of Delegates and Alternates §§ 6020–6024 · 3 sections
    • § 6020 (a) The Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary…
    • § 6023 The notification of the number of delegates and alternate delegates shall be in substantially the following form: Statement of Number of Delegates and…
    • § 6024 If the Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee fails to file the notice required by Section 6020 with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State §§ 6040–6043 · 4 sections
    • § 6040 This article shall apply to the designation of candidates by the Secretary of State for placement only on the presidential primary ballot.
    • § 6041 The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate…
    • § 6042 When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6041, he or she shall notify the candidate that the…
    • § 6043 If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the time specified in Section 6042, an affidavit stating…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Qualification of Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations §§ 6060–6061 · 2 sections
    • § 6060 This article shall apply to the qualification for placement on the presidential primary ballot of candidates who are not selected candidates as referred to in…
    • § 6061 Any unselected candidate or uncommitted delegation desiring to be placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated on behalf…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Steering Committees §§ 6080–6082 · 3 sections
    • § 6080 Each candidate who seeks to qualify under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6060) and each group proposing an uncommitted delegation shall appoint a steering…
    • § 6081 The chairperson of a steering committee, at least 82 days prior to the presidential primary, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the…
    • § 6082 Each steering committee shall be responsible for the circulation of nomination papers of candidates who seek to qualify under Article 4 (commencing with…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Nomination Papers §§ 6101–6108 · 8 sections
    • § 6101 Nomination papers to be circulated pursuant to Section 6061 shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and verified and shall be left for examination with the…
    • § 6102 Upon the filing of nomination papers pursuant to Section 6061 signed by the required number of voters, the candidate or uncommitted delegation named in the…
    • § 6103 Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the presidential primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the chairperson of the steering…
    • § 6104 Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. Each signer shall print his or her name, indicate his or her place of residence, and declare his or…
    • § 6105 Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the candidate or chairperson of the steering committee in the case of…
    • § 6106 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,…
    • § 6107 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 proved by…
    • § 6108 The nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Circulators §§ 6122–6123 · 2 sections
    • § 6122 Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper for which they were appointed at any time between the period of 120 days and 81 days, inclusive,…
    • § 6123 A county elections official or his or her deputy may not circulate a nomination paper and circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election…
  8. ARTICLE 8. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers §§ 6140–6146 · 7 sections
    • § 6140 Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the steering committee, or to its duly…
    • § 6141 Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper shall be numbered in order.
    • § 6142 Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties…
    • § 6143 The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name…
    • § 6144 Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to them a…
    • § 6145 The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form: Certificate of County Elections Official to…
    • § 6146 No filing fee shall be required from any person in order to file nomination papers.
  9. ARTICLE 9. Notification of Qualification from Secretary of State § 6160 · 1 section
    • § 6160 At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall notify each steering committee whether or not it has qualified a candidate or…
  10. ARTICLE 10. Certified List of Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations, Notice of Election § 6180 · 1 section
    • § 6180 At least 68 days before a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list containing…
  11. ARTICLE 12. Canvass of Returns and Certificate of Selection §§ 6220–6222 · 2 sections
    • § 6220 The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of the canvassed returns filed…
    • § 6222 No fee shall be required of any person as a condition of receiving a certificate of selection as a delegate or an alternate.
  12. ARTICLE 13. Write-in Candidates §§ 6240–6241 · 2 sections
    • § 6240 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a space shall be provided on the presidential primary ballot for a voter to write in the name of a candidate for…
    • § 6241 Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for nomination by the Democratic Party for President of the United States shall,…