ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers [6780. - 6798.]
Article 5 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 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…