CHAPTER 4. Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary [6700. - 6849.]
Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 6700–6849 · 55 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 6700–6702 · 3 sections
- § 6700 This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the Peace and Freedom Party only.
- § 6701 The Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a national convention delegate selection…
- § 6702 No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary.
ARTICLE 2. Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Portion of Primary Ballot §§ 6720–6726 · 7 sections
- § 6720 The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State has…
- § 6721 On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class mail to the Chairpersons of…
- § 6722 On or before the 88th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for…
- § 6723 When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6720 and 6722, the Secretary of State shall notify the…
- § 6724 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…
- § 6725 Any unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for…
- § 6726 Whenever a group of candidates for delegates pledged to a particular presidential candidate qualifies by petition for the national convention delegate…
ARTICLE 3. Determination of Number to National Convention §§ 6740–6745 · 6 sections
- § 6740 The Chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the…
- § 6741 The notification of national affiliation and number of national convention delegates shall be in substantially the following form: Statement of National…
- § 6742 If the Chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee fails to file the notice required by Section 6741 by the 120th day preceding the…
- § 6743 On or before the 110th day before the presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall certify all of the following to the elections official of each county:…
- § 6744 For the purposes of this chapter, the boundary between the northern and southern territories of the state shall be that latitudinal line coinciding with the…
- § 6745 The number of delegate candidates to be selected from each territory by each group shall be, to the nearest whole number, proportional to that portion of the…
ARTICLE 4. Qualification of Group of Candidates for National Convention Delegate Portion of Primary Ballot §§ 6760–6769 · 10 sections
- § 6760 Any five or more voters of the state who are registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party may join as a committee in proposing the nomination of a…
- § 6761 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…
- § 6762 The number of candidates for delegate grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the Peace and Freedom…
- § 6763 The names of the grouped candidates shall be so selected that the portion of the candidates for national convention delegates residing in the northern and…
- § 6764 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…
- § 6765 Each group of candidates for delegate that intends to pledge itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential nominee shall have the…
- § 6766 Any candidate for delegate whose nomination paper is filed in more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.
- § 6767 Each candidate for Peace and Freedom Party delegate to the national convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the circulation of nomination…
- § 6768 The declaration of a candidate for delegate shall be in substantially the following form: Declaration of Candidate for Delegate State of California County of ⎱…
- § 6769 Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party equal in number to not less…
ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers §§ 6780–6798 · 16 sections
- § 6780 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…
- § 6781 Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left for examination with the elections official of the county in which they are…
- § 6782 Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot may sign only one paper. The signer shall add her or his printed name and place of…
- § 6783 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…
- § 6784 Each section shall be prepared with the lines, for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to…
- § 6785 A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as affiliated with…
- § 6786 The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION…
- § 6787 The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates to the national convention shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION…
- § 6791 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…
- § 6792 Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the verification deputy who circulated it to the candidate, committee, or duly…
- § 6793 Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
- § 6794 Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties…
- § 6795 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 any…
- § 6796 Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to them…
- § 6797 The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE…
- § 6798 (a) Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State…
ARTICLE 6. Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary Ballot §§ 6820–6822 · 3 sections
- § 6820 Upon the filing of nomination papers, the presidential preference primary candidate or slate of delegate candidates shall be voted upon, but the names of…
- § 6821 For the presidential primary election, the format of the Peace and Freedom Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of…
- § 6822 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…
ARTICLE 7. Certification of National Convention Delegates Elected and Postelection Proceedings §§ 6840–6849 · 10 sections
- § 6840 The number of delegates to be certified as elected from each group of delegate candidates shall be the whole number nearest the product obtained by multiplying…
- § 6841 The Secretary of State shall send, not more than three business days after the presidential primary, to the chairperson of each committee qualifying a group of…
- § 6842 Each group of candidates for delegate shall meet or confer after the presidential primary and by majority vote shall determine the order in which members of…
- § 6843 The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, file in her or his office a statement of the canvassed returns for the Peace and…
- § 6844 The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to as many persons in each group as are entitled…
- § 6845 Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a sufficient number of votes in the national convention delegate selection portion of the Peace and Freedom Party…
- § 6846 If a write-in candidate fails to file the list of delegates pursuant to Section 6845, the state central committee of the party shall, within 10 days of the end…
- § 6847 The elected delegates may, if they desire, meet or confer prior to attending the convention to select a chairperson of the delegation and to fill any vacancies…
- § 6848 The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in the place of the delegate and shall otherwise discharge the…
- § 6849 The Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable, certify to the chairperson of the state central committee and to the chairperson of each party county…