BlackletterCalifornia law

CHAPTER 5. Green Party Presidential Primary [6850. - 6864.]

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2.

§§ 6850–6864 · 29 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 6850–6850.7 · 3 sections
    • § 6850 This chapter applies to the presidential preference primary ballot of the Green Party only. As used in this chapter, “Green Party” means the Green Party of…
    • § 6850.5 The Green Party presidential preference primary ballot shall express the presidential preference of California voters who vote in the Green Party presidential…
    • § 6850.7 A filing fee shall not be required from a person to be voted for in a Green Party presidential primary.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Qualification of Candidates for Presidential Preference Primary Ballot §§ 6851–6853.5 · 6 sections
    • § 6851 The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Green Party presidential preference primary ballot when the Secretary of State has…
    • § 6851.5 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 Green Party Liaison…
    • § 6852 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…
    • § 6852.5 When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6851 and 6852, the Secretary of State shall notify the…
    • § 6853 If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary election, an…
    • § 6853.5 An unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated on her or…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers §§ 6854–6860 · 14 sections
    • § 6854 This article applies to the nomination of a Green Party candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot.
    • § 6854.5 Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left, for examination, with the elections official of the county in which they…
    • § 6855 Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential preference primary ballot may sign only one paper. The signer shall add her or his printed name and…
    • § 6855.5 A nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the presidential preference candidate. Each section shall bear the name…
    • § 6856 Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it,…
    • § 6856.5 A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as preferring the…
    • § 6857 The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER…
    • § 6857.2 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…
    • § 6857.5 Before filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.
    • § 6858 Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties…
    • § 6858.5 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…
    • § 6859 Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall do both of the following: (a)…
    • § 6859.5 The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS…
    • § 6860 Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Green Party Presidential Primary Ballot §§ 6861–6862 · 3 sections
    • § 6861 Following the filing of nomination papers, the presidential preference primary candidates shall be printed upon the ballot.
    • § 6861.5 For the presidential preference primary election, the format of the Green Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of…
    • § 6862 A person who believes her or his name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, no later than 21 days before the…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Certification of National Convention Delegates Election and Postelection Proceedings §§ 6863–6863.5 · 2 sections
    • § 6863 The number of delegates to be selected following the presidential preference primary election shall be the number established by the national political party…
    • § 6863.5 National convention delegates shall be selected as provided for in the bylaws and the rules and procedures of the Green Party and pursuant to the rules of the…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Presidential Electors § 6864 · 1 section
    • § 6864 In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the Green Party shall also…