CHAPTER 3. American Independent Party Presidential Primary [6500. - 6647.]

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

§§ 6500–6647 · 48 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 6500–6502 · 3 sections

   • § 6500 This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the American Independent Party only.
   • § 6501 The presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a delegate selection portion.
   • § 6502 No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any presidential primary.
2. ARTICLE 2. Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Portion of Primary Ballot §§ 6520–6524 · 5 sections

   • § 6520 (a) The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the American Independent Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State…
   • § 6521 When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6520, he or she shall notify the candidate that his or…
   • § 6522 If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an affidavit…
   • § 6523 Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for…
   • § 6524 The name of any presidential candidate, to whom are pledged a group of candidates who have qualified by petition for the delegate selection portion of the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Determination of Number of Delegates to National Convention §§ 6540–6543 · 4 sections

   • § 6540 The Chairperson of the State Central Committee of the American Independent Party shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the…
   • § 6541 The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form: STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY…
   • § 6542 If the chairperson of the state central committee fails to file a notice as to the number of delegates, the Secretary of State shall ascertain the number from…
   • § 6543 The Secretary of State shall, on or before the 110th day preceding the presidential primary, certify to the county elections official of each county the number…
4. ARTICLE 4. Qualification of Groups of Candidates for Delegate Selection Portion of Primary Ballot §§ 6560–6568 · 9 sections

   • § 6560 Any three or more voters of the state who are registered as intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party may join as a committee in proposing the…
   • § 6561 The committee, on or before the 104th day before the presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the name of…
   • § 6562 The number of candidates for delegates grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the party.
   • § 6563 The candidates of each group shall be selected as follows: (a) No less than two-thirds shall be selected to represent congressional districts, and each of…
   • § 6564 The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in the manner prescribed by…
   • § 6565 Each group of candidates for delegates that intends to pledge itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential nominee shall have the…
   • § 6566 Any candidate whose nomination paper is filed in more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.
   • § 6567 Each candidate for delegate to the American Independent Party convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the circulation of nomination papers of…
   • § 6568 Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the American Independent Party equal in number to not…
5. ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination Papers §§ 6580–6599 · 17 sections

   • § 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 delegates…
   • § 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…
   • § 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 to support the…
   • § 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…
   • § 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,…
   • § 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 proved by…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 6591 Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to…
   • § 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…
   • § 6593 Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned to the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives. All the sections…
   • § 6594 Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
   • § 6595 Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties…
   • § 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 any…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
6. ARTICLE 6. American Independent Presidential Primary Ballot §§ 6620–6621 · 2 sections

   • § 6620 For the presidential primary election, the format of the American Independent Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of…
   • § 6621 Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, not later than 21 days before the primary…
7. ARTICLE 7. Postelection Proceedings §§ 6640–6647 · 8 sections

   • § 6640 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…
   • § 6641 The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to each person who is a member of the group that…
   • § 6642 Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a plurality of the votes cast in the delegate selection primary shall, within 37 days after the primary election,…
   • § 6643 If the candidate fails to file a list of delegates, the state central committee of the party shall, within 10 days of the end of the 37-day period required in…
   • § 6644 If a group of candidates for delegates preferring a particular presidential candidate are elected at the presidential primary, the delegates to the national…
   • § 6645 If a group of candidates for delegates expressing no preference for a particular presidential candidate are elected, the chairperson of the group shall serve…
   • § 6646 If a vacancy exists in the office of the delegate or alternate, the chairperson of the delegation shall designate a person to fill that vacancy.
   • § 6647 The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in his or her place and shall otherwise discharge the duties…