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CHAPTER 2. Republican Presidential Primary [6300. - 6480.]

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

§§ 6300–6480 · 34 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 6300 · 1 section
    • § 6300 (a) This chapter shall be applicable only to the presidential primary ballot of the Republican Party, and qualified parties for which no other provisions…
  2. ARTICLE 2. Number and Certification of Delegates §§ 6320–6323 · 4 sections
    • § 6320 The chairperson of the state central committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary as to the…
    • § 6321 The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form: STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONAL…
    • § 6322 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…
    • § 6323 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…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State §§ 6340–6343 · 4 sections
    • § 6340 (a) The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Republican presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that…
    • § 6341 When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6340, he or she shall notify the candidate that his or…
    • § 6342 If a selected candidate or a nonselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an affidavit…
    • § 6343 Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated in his or her…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Nomination Papers §§ 6360–6365 · 6 sections
    • § 6360 Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left for examination with the county elections official of the county in which…
    • § 6361 Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his or her intention to support the candidate for nomination, add his or her…
    • § 6362 Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the names of the candidate. Each section shall bear the name of the county in…
    • § 6363 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,…
    • § 6364 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…
    • § 6365 The nomination paper for a candidate shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATE Section…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Circulators §§ 6382–6383 · 2 sections
    • § 6382 Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of a candidate at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
    • § 6383 A county elections official or deputy county elections official may not circulate a nomination paper. Circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers §§ 6400–6406 · 7 sections
    • § 6400 Each section of a nomination paper shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate or his or her designee. All the sections circulated…
    • § 6401 Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.
    • § 6402 Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties…
    • § 6403 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…
    • § 6404 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…
    • § 6405 The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form: COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL’S…
    • § 6406 No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at a presidential primary.
  7. ARTICLE 7. Canvass of Returns. Certificate of Election §§ 6420–6422 · 3 sections
    • § 6420 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…
    • § 6421 The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to the candidate who received the largest vote…
    • § 6422 The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certification to each person selected as a delegate.
  8. ARTICLE 8. Write-in Candidates §§ 6440–6443 · 4 sections
    • § 6440 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a space shall be provided on the presidential primary ballot for an elector to write in the name of a candidate for…
    • § 6441 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…
    • § 6442 Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a plurality of the votes cast for President of the United States shall, within 10 days after the primary election,…
    • § 6443 If the candidate fails to file a list of delegates, the state central committee of the party in whose primary the candidate received the plurality vote shall,…
  9. ARTICLE 9. Selection of Delegates §§ 6460–6461 · 2 sections
    • § 6460 Every candidate whether selected pursuant to Section 6340, or unselected as referred to in Section 6343, who wishes to have a delegation of electors pledged to…
    • § 6461 (a) The delegation of each candidate shall be composed as follows: (1) Seventy-eight percent of the delegation, or the nearest whole number thereto which…
  10. ARTICLE 10. Republican Presidential Primary Ballot § 6480 · 1 section
    • § 6480 The format of the presidential portion of the Republican primary ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the…