PART 2. INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS [8300. - 8550.]
Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 8300–8550 · 24 sections
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 8300–8304 · 5 sections
- § 8300 A candidate for a partisan office, including that of presidential elector, may be nominated subsequent to, or by other means than, a primary election pursuant…
- § 8301 A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at…
- § 8302 For the purposes of this chapter, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 1, and Part 4 (commencing with Section 8800), so far as consistent with this…
- § 8303 Whenever a group of candidates for presidential electors, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to which this state is entitled, files a…
- § 8304 When a group of candidates for presidential electors designates the presidential and vice presidential candidates for whom all of the group pledge themselves…
CHAPTER 3. Nomination Papers §§ 8400–8409 · 10 sections
- § 8400 Nomination papers for a statewide office for which the candidate is to be nominated shall be signed by voters of the state equal to not less in number than 1…
- § 8401 (a) Upon receiving the nomination paper if, from the examination of such pursuant to Section 8400, more than 500 signatures have been signed on the nomination…
- § 8402 When a nomination paper or sections of a nomination paper have been received which contain the number of valid signatures required in Section 8400, the officer…
- § 8403 (a) (1) Nomination papers shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and delivered to the county elections official for examination no earlier than 148 days before…
- § 8404 Each signer of a nomination paper shall sign but one paper for the same office, except that in case two or more persons are to be elected to the same office at…
- § 8405 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an independent candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, the…
- § 8406 Any nomination paper may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain the name of the candidate and the name of the office for which the candidate…
- § 8407 The affidavit of any circulator obtaining signatures under this chapter shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to administer oaths.
- § 8408 A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures to it are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters unless it is otherwise…
- § 8409 Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form: County of _______.Nomination paper of…
CHAPTER 4. Circulators §§ 8451–8454 · 3 sections
- § 8451 Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.
- § 8452 A county elections official or a deputy county elections official may not circulate nomination papers, and circulators shall not obtain signatures within 100…
- § 8454 (a) Circulators obtaining signatures to the nomination paper of any candidate may, at any time not more than 148 nor less than 88 days prior to the election,…
CHAPTER 5. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers §§ 8500–8504 · 5 sections
- § 8500 Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate. All the sections circulated…
- § 8501 For all nominations of candidates to be voted for in more than one county or throughout the state, the nomination papers, properly assembled, may be fastened…
- § 8502 Nomination papers shall be left with the county elections official for examination and filed by him or her pursuant to the time limitations set forth in…
- § 8503 The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for filing or for examination and shall disregard and mark “not…
- § 8504 Within 24 days after any nomination papers are left for examination, the county elections official shall examine them and prepare a certificate reciting that…
CHAPTER 6. Affidavit of Candidate § 8550 · 1 section
- § 8550 (a) At least 88 days prior to the election, each candidate shall leave with the officer with whom the candidate’s nomination papers are required to be left, a…