citation: ELEC § 7614

text: Each delegate to the state convention may appoint three voters as associate members of this committee. An associate member shall have those privileges and obligations as are given to him or her by the rules of the committee but shall not be able to vote.

article: 1. Members


kind: section

code: ELEC

citation: ELEC § 7620

text: The committee shall convene in the same community where the state convention is held, at 10 a.m. on the Sunday following the state convention.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 1999.)

chapter: 3. State Central Committee

article: 2. Meetings

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 3. State Central Committee > 2. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7628

text: Revocation or change of proxies shall be recognized by this committee on proxies and credentials only upon a personal request made by the member before the committee.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

article: 3. Proxies

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 3. State Central Committee > 3. Proxies


citation: ELEC § 7635

text: The chairperson of this committee shall call the committee to order at 10 a.m. on the day of first meeting. The next business in order shall be the election of a temporary chairperson, which may be by acclamation, unless there is a contest, in which event the roll shall be called.

article: 4. General Business

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 3. State Central Committee > 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7636

text: The temporary chairperson, upon election, shall immediately appoint a committee on proxies and credentials, consisting of one member from each senatorial district, selected from among the members of this committee certified by the Secretary of State.

division: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7637

text: This committee shall choose its officers by rollcall vote, poll of senatorial district delegations, or any other method as may be prescribed by the committee. Its officers shall have the power usually exercised by the officers of those committees insofar as may be consistent with this chapter.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7638

text: This committee may select from its membership an executive committee, to which it may grant all or any portion of its powers and duties. If this committee grants any portion of its powers to an executive committee, it shall provide for the election to its executive committee of two members, one of each sex, from each senatorial district delegation. A senatorial district delegation shall consist only of those state central committee members who reside within that senatorial district.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7639

text: The state central committee or its executive committee shall designate by resolution or bylaw the national committee or party organization with which the American Independent Party is affiliated and shall file a copy of the resolution or bylaw with the Secretary of State. In the event of controversy over the national affiliation of the party, the most recent resolution or bylaw filed shall be determinative.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7640

text: The chairperson of this committee shall serve a two-year term, but shall not succeed himself or herself.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7641

text: The elective officers provided for in the bylaws of this committee shall serve for two-year terms.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7642

text:
This committee may prescribe dues to be paid by those persons specified in Section 7600 in the manner and by the time prescribed by vote of the majority of the members of the committee. The dues charged shall not exceed twenty-four dollars ($24) per year.

Any member of this committee who fails to pay the dues prescribed by the committee may, upon first notifying the delegate to the state convention who appointed that member, be removed from the committee in the manner provided by the committee.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7643

text:
This committee shall conduct party campaigns for this party and in behalf of the candidates of this party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ campaign directors and perfect whatever campaign organizations it deems suitable or desirable and for the best interest of the party.

This committee shall have power to appoint interim county central committees in all counties in which the voters have not elected one or more county central committee members in the presidential primary preceding the organization of this committee. Persons appointed to interim county central committees pursuant to this section shall meet the qualifications otherwise required by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7650) for appointees to fill vacancies on county central committees. Notice of all appointments pursuant to this section shall be filed by the state central committee with the elections official of the county for which that interim county central committee is appointed. Interim county central committees appointed pursuant to this section shall have all of the powers and privileges afforded county central committees by the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7650), but members of interim county central committees shall not be designated as incumbents on the ballot in the succeeding primary election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 13. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7644

text: A quorum of this committee is a majority of the entire membership, represented either in person or by proxy.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7645

text: The proceedings at all meetings of this committee shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedures designated by the committee.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7650

text:
In each county containing less than five Assembly districts or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee of at least 25 members shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number elected from each supervisor district shall be determined as follows:

The number of voters registered as members of the American Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by 25. The number thus derived shall be divided into the number of American Independent Party voters registered in each supervisor district, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the number of central committee members to be elected to represent that supervisor district.

chapter: 4. County Central Committee

article: 1. Members

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 4. County Central Committee > 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7651

text:
In each county containing more than four Assembly districts or portions thereof, and the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts, and the number elected shall be that number derived by multiplying 7 times the number of Assembly districts in whole or in part within the county. The number elected from each Assembly district shall be determined as follows:

The number of voters registered as members of the American Independent Party, as reflected in the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted to the Secretary of State on or before the 135th day before any primary election, shall be divided by the total number of members to be elected in the county. The number thus derived shall be divided into the number of American Independent Party voters registered in each Assembly district or portion thereof, and the integer nearest the resulting quotient shall be the number of central committee members to be elected to represent that Assembly district or portion thereof.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7652

text:
The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides:

(a) Governor.

(b) Lieutenant Governor.

(c) Secretary of State.

(d) Controller.

(e) Treasurer.

(f) Attorney General.

(g) Member of the State Board of Equalization.

(h) United States Senator from California.

(i) Representative in Congress from California.

(j) All Members of the Legislature.

(k) Any person nominated to a partisan office at a special election to fill a vacancy in that office.

Ex officio members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, including the right to vote, and shall have the same standing in every way as other members of this committee, except they shall not be entitled to a ballot designation of incumbent upon seeking election to this committee in the next presidential primary.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 14. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7653

text:
A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An incumbent of an elected partisan office at the time of the meeting of the committee may appoint an alternate member without authorization from that committee, if the member desires to appoint an alternate.

The alternate member shall have the right to vote only with the written authorization of the member who appointed him or her. An alternate member of a county central committee shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the committee.

An alternate member must meet the same qualifications as the regular member and may vote only in the absence of the member who appointed him or her.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7654

text: A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment or election.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7656

text: In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which that district is entitled to be represented under this chapter, a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of elected committeemembers and the number of committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be represented. When a vacancy or vacancies exist they shall be filled by the committee to which insufficient members were elected, in the manner provided for in Section 7657.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7657

text: In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of this party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs. A vacancy shall also exist on a committee when a member is removed from the committee pursuant to Section 7658 or 7660.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7658

text: Any member, other than an ex officio member, of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless his or her absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7659

text: The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committee shall constitute his or her automatic resignation from the committee.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7660

text:
A committee may remove any member who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party.

A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of this party for any office, or who gives support or avows a preference for a candidate of another party who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7661

text: Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections official and the chairperson of the state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and the name of the person replaced, and shall indicate the date of the appointment.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7670

text: At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 15. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 4. County Central Committee > 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7671

text: The Secretary of State, no later than 125 days before the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of central committees to be elected in each county, and shall mail a certificate reporting that information to the elections official of each county and to the Chairperson of the American Independent Party State Central Committee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 16. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7672

text: In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8100), inclusive, of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 8, signed on his or her behalf by the voters of the Assembly or supervisorial district in which he or she is a candidate.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 811, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7673

text: If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a committee from an Assembly or supervisor district does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected from that Assembly or supervisor district, the designation of the office and the names of the candidates shall not be printed on this party’s ballot in the Assembly or supervisor district. In lieu thereof, the board of supervisors shall declare elected the candidates who have been nominated.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 17. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7674

text: Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or her to entitle him or her to election if he or she had lived until after the election, a vacancy exists on the county central committee, which shall be filled by the committee in the same manner as other vacancies are filled.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7675

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the county central committee and the state central committee, or by using any other method of selection approved by the state central committee.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 18. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7680

text: Each committee shall meet at its county seat, upon call, which shall be given by the chairperson of the county central committee or the immediate predecessor of the current chairperson of the county committee on the second Tuesday in July following the presidential primary election, except that in any year in which a national convention of the party includes that date, the existing executive committee of a committee shall set the date of the meeting, not to exceed 30 days after the date herein specified.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 19. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 3. Meetings

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 4. County Central Committee > 3. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7682

text: The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of which meetings each month shall be without charge.

article: 3. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7683

text: All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.

article: 3. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7690

text: A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee.

article: 4. General Business

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 4. County Central Committee > 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7691

text:
A committee may make rules and regulations providing for any of the following:

(a) How officers of the committee may be removed.

(b) How meetings may be called.

(c) Whether or not proxies may be used and the conditions under which they may be used.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7692

text: The committee shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and exist until the election at the succeeding presidential primary, or the selection pursuant to Section 7675, and qualification of the members of the new committees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 20. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7693

text: If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7694

text: Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the elections official of his or her name.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7695

text: Each committee may establish annual dues not to exceed twenty-four dollars ($24) per year for elected, ex officio and alternate members. The committee may remove members or alternates for nonpayment of dues.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7700

text: This part applies to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the Peace and Freedom Party of California.

chapter: 1. General Provisions

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 7750

text: At each presidential primary election, members of central committees may be elected in each county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 21. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

chapter: 2. Members of Central Committees

article: 1. Members

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 2. Members of Central Committees > 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7751

text: For the purposes of this chapter, the registration figures used shall be those taken from the statement of voters and their political affiliations transmitted by the elections officials to the Secretary of State on the 135th day prior to the next presidential primary election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 22. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7752

text:
The number of members of central committees to be elected in a county shall be the greater of either of the following:

(a) The number seven.

(b) The integer nearest the resulting quotient obtained by dividing 400 times the number of Peace and Freedom Party registered voters in the county by the number of Peace and Freedom Party registered voters in the state.

However, the number of members of central committees to be elected in a county shall be five if the number of Peace and Freedom Party registered voters in the county is less than 150.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7753

text: In each county where the number of members of central committees to be elected is 12 or less, the members shall be elected in a countywide, at large district. In each county where the number to be elected is 13 or greater, the members shall be elected by supervisorial district, except in Los Angeles County and in the City and County of San Francisco, wherein the members shall be elected by Assembly district.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7754

text:
The number to be elected from each supervisorial or Assembly district shall be the greater of either of the following:

(a) The number one.

(b) The integer nearest the resulting quotient obtained by dividing the number of members to be elected in that county times the number of Peace and Freedom Party registered voters in the district by the number of Peace and Freedom Party registered voters in the county.

If the procedure outlined above would result in less members being elected in a county than the number to which the county is entitled under Section 7752, the calculation in subdivision (b) shall be repeated using a number of Peace and Freedom Party registered voters in the county sufficiently smaller than the actual number in the county so as to give a total number of members of central committees to be elected equal to or the nearest amount which is greater than the number to which the county is entitled.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7755

text: Each person receiving a Peace and Freedom Party nomination for any partisan public office at the preceding direct primary election or at any special election subsequent thereto shall be declared elected as a member of central committees. Any members elected pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the number a county is entitled to elect pursuant to Section 7752.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7770

text: The state party chairperson, no later than the 135th day before the presidential primary election, shall notify the Secretary of State whether or not a county central committee election will be held. In the event that a county central committee election is not held, a county central committee will be convened pursuant to rules adopted by the party.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 23. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 2. Members of Central Committees > 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7771

text: The elections official, no later than the 115th day before the presidential primary election, shall compute the number of members of central committees to be elected in each supervisorial or Assembly district if the election of the members is to be by supervisorial or Assembly district pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 24. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7772

text:
In each county, the name of each candidate for member of central committees shall appear on the ballot only if she or he has done either of the following:

(a) Filed a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8100), inclusive, of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 8, signed in the candidate’s behalf by the voters of the central committee election district in which she or he is a candidate.

(b) Qualified to have her or his name printed on the presidential primary ballot as a candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination to a partisan public office.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 25. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a central committee from any election jurisdiction does not exceed the number to be elected from that jurisdiction, the designation of the office and the names of the candidates shall not be printed on this party’s ballot in that jurisdiction. In lieu thereof, the board of supervisors shall declare elected the candidates who have been nominated.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 26. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7773

text: In counties where members of central committees are to be elected by supervisorial or Assembly district, a person seeking election as a member of central committees may seek election only in the supervisorial or Assembly district in which he or she resides.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7774

text: A person qualifying as a candidate for member of central committees by virtue of qualification to have her or his name appear on the primary ballot for a partisan public office shall have her or his name listed on the ballot for member of central committees only in the central committee election district of her or his residence.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7775

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person may obtain and circulate nomination papers both for nomination to a public office and for election as a member of central committees.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7776

text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the number of sponsors which shall be required of a person to be a candidate for member of central committees shall be the lesser of either of the following:

(a) Not less than 20 nor more than 30.

(b) Not less than 2 percent of the number of voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party in the central committee election district.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7777

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, up to three candidates for member of central committees in a single central committee election district may have their names listed on a single sponsor’s certificate, and the signatures thereon shall be counted toward the sponsor requirement of each and every candidate whose name is listed on the certificate. However, in no case shall the number of candidates having their names on a sponsor’s certificate exceed the number of members of central committees to be elected in the district.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7778

text: The elections official of each county shall include the office of member of central committees and the candidates therefor in a place and manner similar to the office of county central committee and the candidates therefor on various official lists.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7779

text: The order of appearance of the names of the candidates for member of central committees on the ballot shall be determined by a public drawing held at the time, place, and manner prescribed for determining the order of names of county central committee members pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7780

text: The office of member of central committees may be placed on the presidential primary ballot under the heading “Party Central Committees” in the place and manner designated for the office of county central committee pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13. The subheading printed under party central committees on the presidential primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form: Member of Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees, 55th Assembly District or Member of Peace and Freedom Party Central Committees, Alpine County

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 27. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7781

text: A party nominee for partisan office qualifying to be declared elected as a member of central committees pursuant to Section 7755 shall not be additionally declared directly elected as a member of central committees pursuant to Section 15490 and shall not possess a multiple membership on either the state central committee or on a county central committee.

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7783

text: The votes cast for each candidate for member of central committees shall be included in the canvass and statement of results in a manner similar to the vote for each candidate for county central committee pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000).

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7784

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee and subject to the bylaws of the state central committee, may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention, or by using any other method of selection approved by the committee.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 28. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7800

text: At the convention meeting of the state central committee, the state central committee shall consist initially of only those members of central committees elected at the most recent presidential primary election or selected pursuant to Section 7784.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 29. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 3. State Central Committee > 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7802

text: At its convention and subsequent meetings the state central committee, in its sole discretion, may appoint any additional members to the state central committee as it may desire.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7803

text: The state central committee may require a balance of elected and appointed members so that 50 percent of the state central committee members from each county are women and 50 percent are men.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7804

text: No person shall be appointed to membership on the state central committee unless she or he is registered as a voter affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party or would register as a voter affiliated with this party if not legally prohibited from doing so.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7805

text: This committee may remove any elected or appointed member who, during the term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another political party, publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of the party for any office, publicly gives support to or avows a preference for a candidate of another party or candidate who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party, or has violated the bylaws or constitution of the state central committee.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7820

text: The state central committee shall hold meetings not less than once during each year.

article: 2. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7830

text: The state central committee’s convention meeting shall be called to order by the chairperson of the committee at 10 a.m. on the Saturday on which it is to be held. It shall at once proceed to the election of temporary chairpeople, 50 percent of whom shall be women and 50 percent of whom shall be men. This committee may hold the election by alphabetical rollcall by county if a majority of its members vote to do so. The state central committee shall elect any other temporary officers as it may determine.

article: 3. General Business

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 3. State Central Committee > 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7831

text: The temporary chairpersons shall appoint any committees as the state central committee may direct.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7832

text: The convention meeting of the state central committee shall elect the officers of the state central committee and adopt the party’s platform, which shall be made public upon its adoption.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7833

text: The vote on any issue at the convention meeting of the state central committee may be by alphabetical rollcall by county if a majority of its members vote to do so, or any other method prescribed by this committee.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7834

text: The proceedings at the convention meeting of the state central committee shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedure designated by this committee.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7835

text: This committee may select from its membership an executive committee to which it may grant all or any portion of its powers and duties. If this committee grants any portion of its powers to an executive committee, it shall provide for the election to its executive committee of any number of persons it shall determine, 50 percent of whom shall be women and 50 percent of whom shall be men. All officers of the state central committee shall be members of any executive committee so selected.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7836

text: The chairperson of the state central committee shall serve a two-year term but shall not succeed herself or himself, and the chairperson shall alternate each biennium between the northern and southern territories. The boundary between the northern and southern territories of the state shall be that latitudinal line coinciding with the northern boundaries of San Luis Obispo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7838

text: All officers elected at the convention meeting of the state central committee shall serve for two-year terms, unless a shorter term is specified by the committee. Any officer of the state central committee may be removed by a majority vote of the state central committee.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7839

text: This committee shall conduct party campaigns for this party and in behalf of the candidates of this party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ campaign directors and perfect whatever campaign organizations it deems suitable or desirable and for the best interest of the party.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7840

text:
The state central committee shall have power to appoint interim county central committees in the following counties:

(a) Counties in which the voters have not elected one or more members of central committees in the presidential primary election preceding the organization of this committee.

(b) Counties in which all members of a county central committee are removed from office or cease to be registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party.

Persons appointed to interim county central committees pursuant to this section shall meet the qualifications otherwise required of appointees to membership on the county central committees. Notice of any appointments pursuant to this section shall be filed by the state central committee with the elections official of the county for which that interim county central committee is appointed. Interim county central committees appointed pursuant to this section shall have all the powers and privileges afforded county central committees by this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 30. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7841

text: A quorum of this committee is 10 percent of the entire membership, represented in person. However, the committee may make rules and regulations establishing a different quorum requirement, and any provisions so made shall supersede the provisions of this section.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7842

text: The state central committee shall designate by resolution the national political party with which the Peace and Freedom Party is affiliated, and shall file a copy of that resolution signed by the chairperson and one other officer of this committee with the Secretary of State. In the event of controversy over the national affiliation of the party, the most recent resolution filed shall be determinative.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7843

text: In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the convention meeting of the state central committee shall also nominate as the candidates of its party as many electors of President and Vice President of the United States as the state is then entitled to, 50 percent of whom shall be women and 50 percent men, unless an odd number of electors is to be chosen, in which case the difference between the number of women and men shall be not more than one. The convention meeting shall also nominate an alternate elector for each elector chosen, for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6. The chairperson of the state central committee shall certify the name of each elector and alternate elector nominated, and the elector’s and alternate elector’s residence address to the Secretary of State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 12. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7850

text: At its first meeting on the second Tuesday in July following the presidential primary election and at subsequent meetings, a county central committee, in its sole discretion, may appoint any additional members to the county central committee as it may desire.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 31. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7851

text: A county central committee may require a balance of elected and appointed committee members to create a total membership division of 50 percent women and 50 percent men.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7852

text: No person shall be appointed to membership on a county central committee unless she or he is registered as a voter affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party in the county, or is a resident of the county who would register as a voter affiliated with this party if not legally prohibited from doing so.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7853

text: Any member of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless the absence of the member is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7854

text: The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a county central committee from the county from which the member was elected shall constitute the member’s automatic resignation from the committee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 150. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7855

text: A committee may remove any elected or appointed member, who during the term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another political party, publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of the party for any office, publicly gives support to or avows a preference for a candidate of another party or candidate who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party, or has violated the bylaws or constitution of the committee.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7856

text: Whenever any person is appointed to a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the county elections official and the chairperson of the state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and shall indicate the date of the appointment.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7857

text: If no members of central committees have been elected in a county at the preceding presidential primary election or selected in a county pursuant to Section 7784, or, if for any reason all the members of a county central committee are removed from office or cease to be registered as affiliated as members of the Peace and Freedom Party, then an interim county central committee with full powers may be appointed by the state central committee under the procedures specified in Section 7840.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 32. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7870

text: The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of which meetings each month shall be without charge.

article: 2. Meetings

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citation: ELEC § 7871

text: All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters which shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.

article: 2. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7880

text: A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee.

article: 3. General

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 4. County Central Committee > 3. General


citation: ELEC § 7881

text:
A committee may make rules and regulations providing for the following:

(a) How officers of the committee may be removed.

(b) How meetings may be called, and any provisions so made shall supersede anything in this chapter to the contrary.

(c) Whether or not proxies may be used and the conditions under which they may be used.

article: 3. General


citation: ELEC § 7882

text: The committees shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and exist until the members of the new committees take office after the succeeding presidential primary election or pursuant to Section 7784.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 33. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 3. General


citation: ELEC § 7883

text: If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee.

article: 3. General


citation: ELEC § 7884

text: Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the county elections official of his or her name.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 3. General


citation: ELEC § 7900

text: This part applies to the organization, operations, and functions of the party known as the Green Party. As used in this part, “Green Party” means the Green Party of California.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 4. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.)


citation: ELEC § 7901

text: At each presidential preference primary election, members of central committees, which shall be termed “county councils,” shall be elected in each county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 108. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)

chapter: 2. Members of County Councils

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citation: ELEC § 7902

text: For purposes of this chapter, the registration figures used shall be those taken from the statement of voters and their political preferences transmitted by the elections officials to the Secretary of State on or before March 1 of the odd-numbered year preceding the next presidential preference primary election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 109. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7903

text: The number of members of the county council to be elected in a county shall be a minimum of three and a maximum of 50, and the process in which each county’s number shall be calculated shall be defined in the Green Party’s bylaws and, to be effective, shall be communicated to the Secretary of State by the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State no later than 175 days before the next presidential preference primary election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 110. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7904

text: At its first meeting following the presidential preference primary election and at subsequent meetings, a county council may appoint additional members to the county council to fill any vacancy.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 111. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7905

text: A person shall not be appointed to membership on a county council who is registered as preferring another party or registered as “No Party Preference.” Appointment of other persons who cannot register to vote shall be allowed under certain circumstances as described in state Green Party bylaws and any applicable county Green Party bylaws.


citation: ELEC § 7906

text: The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a county council from the applicable county shall constitute automatic resignation from the county council.


citation: ELEC § 7907

text: A member of a county council who changes her or his voter registration to no longer prefer the Green Party shall automatically be removed from office upon such registration.


citation: ELEC § 7908

text: County council members additionally may be removed for cause by procedures established in the Green Party’s bylaws.


citation: ELEC § 7909

text: When a person is appointed to a county council, the county council shall file notices of the appointment with the county elections official and the coordinating committee of the Green Party within 30 days after the appointment is made. The notices shall contain the name and address of the person appointed and shall indicate the date of the appointment.


citation: ELEC § 7910

text: The Department of General Services shall permit any county council that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, and a minimum of one meeting each month shall be without charge.


citation: ELEC § 7911

text: Members of county councils shall be elected from one or more multimember districts. Multimember districts shall conform to the county boundaries or recognized jurisdictional boundaries of Congressional, State Assembly, State Senate, or Supervisorial districts within that county, in accordance with state Green Party bylaws and county Green Party bylaws.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 112. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)

chapter: 3. Election of County Councils

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citation: ELEC § 7912

text: The Secretary of State, no later than the 175th day before the presidential preference primary election, shall compute the number of members of a county council to be elected in each county and shall mail a certificate to that effect to the elections official of each county and to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 113. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7913

text: The elections official, no later than the 172nd day before the presidential preference primary election, shall compute the number of members of a county council to be elected in each district if the election of the members is to be by district pursuant to this chapter.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 114. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7914

text: In each county, the name of each candidate for member of a county council shall appear on the ballot only if she or he is registered as preferring the Green Party and has filed a nomination paper pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6850) of Part 1 of Division 6, signed on the candidate’s behalf by Green Party voters of the county council election district in which she or he is a candidate.


citation: ELEC § 7915

text: In counties where members of county councils are to be elected by district, a person seeking election as a member of a county council may seek election only in the district in which she or he resides.


citation: ELEC § 7916

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a person may obtain and circulate nomination papers for both nomination to a public office and for election as a member of a county council.


citation: ELEC § 7917

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the number of sponsors that shall be required of a person to be a candidate for member of a county council shall be either not less than 20 sponsors, or not less than 2 percent of the number of voters registered as preferring the Green Party in the county council election district, whichever is less.


citation: ELEC § 7918

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, each sponsor is entitled to sponsor as many candidates as there are seats in the county council election district. Candidate names listed on a single sponsor’s certificate, and the signatures on the certificate shall count toward the sponsor requirement of each and every candidate whose name is listed on the certificate. The number of candidates having their names on a sponsor’s certificate shall not exceed the number of members of a county council to be elected in the district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 115. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7919

text: The elections official of each county shall include the office of member of county council and the candidates for the office in a place and manner similar to that for the office of county central committee of other political parties and the candidates for that office on the applicable official lists.


citation: ELEC § 7920

text: The order of appearance of the names of the candidates for member of county council on the ballot shall be determined by a public drawing held at the time, place, and manner prescribed for determining the order of names of county central committee members pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13.


citation: ELEC § 7921

text: The office of member of county council shall be placed on the presidential preference primary ballot under the heading “Party County Council” in the place and manner designated for the office of county central committee pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13. The subheading printed under party central committees on the presidential preference primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form: Member of Green Party County Council, ___the __________ District or Member of the Green Party County Council, _______ County.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 116. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7922

text:
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the votes cast for each candidate for member of county council shall be included in the canvass and statement of results in a manner similar to the vote for each candidate for county central committees pursuant to Division 15 (commencing with Section 15000), and specifically:

(a) The final total of votes cast for each candidate for member of county council, including the name, address, and ballot designation of each candidate, and a specification as to which candidates were declared elected shall be certified to the Secretary of State without delay upon completion of the official canvass. The county clerk shall simultaneously send one copy of this final certification to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State.

(b) As soon as practicable after the presidential preference primary election, the Secretary of State shall prepare a certified list, by county, of all elected Green Party members of county councils, including their addresses and primary election ballot designations. The Secretary of State shall send copies of the list to the registrar of voters in each county no later than 45 days following the presidential preference primary election. This list shall be maintained for public inspection by the registrars of voters in each county until a subsequent list is received.

(c) The Secretary of State, no later than 45 days following the presidential preference primary election, shall send a notice by mail to each of the elected members of county councils that informs the person that she or he has been elected as a member of the county council. The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the certified list of all elected members of all county councils to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 117. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7923

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a write-in candidate for member of county council shall not be declared elected unless the write-in candidate has received a number of votes equal to or greater than 2 percent of the number of party members voting in the county council election district at the presidential primary or 20 votes, whichever is less.


citation: ELEC § 7924

text: The members of the state coordinating committee shall be elected as provided in the Green Party bylaws and shall have the responsibilities described in those bylaws.

chapter: 4. State Coordinating Committee

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citation: ELEC § 7925

text: A person shall not be a member of the state coordinating committee unless she or he is registered as a voter preferring the Green Party.


citation: ELEC § 7926

text: The state coordinating committee shall hold meetings at least once during each year.


citation: ELEC § 7927

text:
(a) The state coordinating committee shall have the authority to certify, as provided by Green Party bylaws, county council members in the following counties:

(1) Counties where no county council candidates qualified for the ballot in the preceding presidential preference primary election.

(2) Counties where all members of the county council have become disqualified from holding office.

(b) County council members certified pursuant to this section shall meet the qualifications otherwise required for county council members. County council members certified pursuant to this section shall be reported by the state coordinating committee to the applicable county elections officials. County council members certified under this section shall have all the powers and privileges otherwise afforded to county councils.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 118. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)


citation: ELEC § 7928

text: The state coordinating committee shall communicate in writing to the Secretary of State the identity of the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State.


citation: ELEC § 8000

text:
This chapter does not apply to:

(a) Recall elections.

(b) Presidential primary.

(c) Nomination of officers of cities or counties whose charters provide a system for nominating candidates for those offices.

(d) Nomination of officers for any district not formed for municipal purposes.

(e) Nomination of officers for general law cities.

(f) Nomination of school district officers.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

division: 8. NOMINATIONS

chapter: 1. Direct Primary

article: 1. General Provisions

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citation: ELEC § 8001

text:
(a) A declaration of candidacy for membership on a county central committee shall not be filed by a candidate unless (1) at the time of presentation of the declaration and continuously for not less than three months immediately prior to that time, or for as long as the candidate has been eligible to register to vote in the state, the candidate is shown by the candidate’s affidavit of registration to have expressed a preference for the political party of that committee, and (2) the candidate has not been registered with a preference for a qualified political party other than that political party within 12 months.

(b) The elections official shall attach a certificate to the declaration of candidacy showing the date on which the candidate registered with a preference for the political party of that committee, and indicating that the candidate has not been registered with a preference for any other qualified political party for the period specified in subdivision (a) immediately preceding the filing of the declaration. This section does not apply to a declaration of candidacy filed by a candidate of a political party participating in its first direct primary election subsequent to its qualification as a political party pursuant to Section 5100.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a county central committee, subject to the bylaws of the state central committee, may establish the length of time that a candidate for membership on that committee must be shown by the candidate’s affidavit of registration to have expressed a preference for the political party of that committee, and may establish the length of time that a candidate for membership on that committee must not have been registered with a preference for a qualified political party other than the political party of that committee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 106, Sec. 2. (AB 3370) Effective January 1, 2021.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 8002

text: If a candidate is a candidate for a nonpartisan office, all reference to party affiliation shall be omitted on all forms required to be filed.

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) A candidate for a voter-nominated office shall indicate one of the following upon their declaration of candidacy, which shall be consistent with what appears on the candidate’s most recent affidavit of registration:

(1) “Party Preference: ______ (insert the name of the qualified political party as disclosed upon your affidavit of registration).”

(2) “Party Preference: None (if you have declined to disclose a preference for a qualified political party upon your affidavit of registration).”

(b) The selection made by a candidate pursuant to subdivision (a) shall appear on the primary and general election ballot in conjunction with the candidate’s name, and shall not be changed between the primary and general election.

(c) Regardless of the party preference, or lack of party preference, of the candidate or the voter, any qualified voter may vote for any candidate for a voter-nominated office if the voter is otherwise entitled to vote for candidates for the office to be filled. Nothing in Section 2151, 13102, or 13502 shall be construed to limit the ability of a voter to cast a primary election ballot for any candidate for a voter-nominated office, regardless of the party preference, or lack of party preference, designated by the candidate for inclusion upon the ballot pursuant to this section, provided that the voter is otherwise qualified to cast a ballot for the office at issue.

(d) A candidate designating a party preference pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be deemed to be the official nominee of the party designated as preferred by the candidate. A candidate’s designation of party preference shall not be construed as an endorsement of that candidate by the party designated. The party preference designated by the candidate is shown for the information of the voters only and may in no way limit the options available to voters.

(e) All references to party preference or affiliation shall be omitted from all forms required to be filed by a voter-nominated candidate pursuant to this division in the same manner that such references are omitted from forms required to be filed by nonpartisan candidates pursuant to Section 8002, except that the declaration of candidacy required by Section 8040 shall include space for the candidate to list the party preference disclosed upon the candidate’s most recent affidavit of registration, in accordance with subdivision (a).

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 161, Sec. 24. (AB 2608) Effective August 22, 2022.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 8003

text:
(a) (1) A person shall not file nomination papers for more than one office at the same primary election.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), “office” does not include the position of member of a political party’s county central committee.

(b) If a person has filed nomination papers for an office at a primary election and those nomination papers have not been withdrawn pursuant to Section 8020.5, the elections official shall reject as invalid any nomination papers that the person attempts to file for another office at the same primary election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 355, Sec. 3. (AB 1784) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 8004

text:
(a) In the event that no candidate files for a party’s nomination for any partisan office that would appear on the ballot in a county or a political subdivision within that county, the elections official shall do both of the following:

(1) Refrain from printing a partisan ballot for that party in that county or a political subdivision within that county in which there are no candidates for that political party’s nomination.

(2) Send notification to those voters registered as affiliated with that party that there were no qualified candidates for the partisan office for which the voter is eligible to vote, together with a nonpartisan ballot, unless, within 10 days after the final date for filing nomination papers for the office, a petition indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted is filed with the elections official and signed by 10 percent of the registered voters, or 100 registered voters, whichever is less, affiliated with that party within the county or a political subdivision within that county, whichever is applicable.

(b) A separate petition shall be filed for each specific office for which a write-in campaign is to be conducted.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 289, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 8005

text: In addition to satisfying the requirements of Sections 9083.5, 9084.5, and 14105.1, the Secretary of State shall conduct public voter education campaigns, using existing resources, for the purpose of publicly disseminating information regarding the roles of the parties in primary elections for party-nominated offices, voter-nominated offices, and nonpartisan offices.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 18. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)

article: 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 8020

text:
(a) A candidate’s name shall not be printed on the ballot to be used at the direct primary unless the following nomination documents are delivered for filing to the county elections official:

(1) Declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8040.

(2) Nomination papers signed by signers pursuant to Section 8041.

(3) Proper qualification documentation pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13.5, if applicable.

(b) The forms shall first be available on the 113th day prior to the direct primary election, or on the 158th day prior to the primary election for a candidate for membership on a county central committee, and shall be delivered to the county for which the nomination documents were circulated not later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day prior to the primary election. The forms may be delivered to the county elections official by a person other than the candidate.

(c) Upon the receipt of an executed nomination document, the county elections official shall give the person delivering the document a receipt, properly dated, indicating that the document was delivered to the county elections official.

(d) Notwithstanding Section 8028, upon request of a candidate, the county elections official shall provide the candidate with a declaration of candidacy. The county elections official shall not require a candidate to sign, file, or sign and file, a declaration of candidacy as a condition of receiving nomination papers.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 669, Sec. 2. (AB 910) Effective January 1, 2024.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents

path: 8. NOMINATIONS > 1. Direct Primary > 2. Nomination Documents


text:
(a) A candidate may withdraw nomination documents for any office other than a statewide office that the candidate delivered for filing to the county elections official by delivering a statement of withdrawal to the county elections official. The statement may be delivered to the county elections official by a person other than the candidate. If the statement is not executed by the candidate in the office of the elections official, the candidate shall execute the statement before a notary public appointed by the Secretary of State or other state official. The statement shall be signed by the candidate under penalty of perjury, and shall include all of the following:

(1) Identification of the office for which the candidate previously delivered nomination documents for filing to the county elections official.

(2) A statement that the candidate irrevocably withdraws those nomination documents.

(3) A statement that the candidate understands that by withdrawing the nomination documents, the candidate will not appear on the ballot as a candidate for that office.

(4) A statement that the candidate understands that they will not receive a refund of any filing fees that the candidate paid in connection with the candidacy for that office pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8105 of the Elections Code.

(b) A candidate shall have until 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the primary election to withdraw nomination documents, except that if the extended period for filing nomination documents specified in Section 8022 or Section 8024 applies for a particular office, a candidate shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the primary election to withdraw nomination documents for that office.

(c) A candidate who withdraws nomination documents pursuant to this section may, during the applicable filing period, file nomination documents for any other office at the same primary election for which the person is eligible to be a candidate, except the office for which the person withdrew their nomination documents. This subdivision shall not be construed to extend any deadline for filing nomination documents.

(d) If a candidate withdraws their nomination documents and does not subsequently qualify as a candidate for another office at the same primary election, the candidate’s name shall not appear on the ballot for any office at that election.

(e) If a candidate delivers a statement of withdrawal to a county elections official pursuant to this section, and the office to which the statement applies is one for which nomination documents are required to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8100, the county elections official shall do all of the following:

(1) Immediately upon receipt, electronically send a copy of the statement to the Secretary of State.

(2) If the office to which the statement applies is to be voted on in more than one county, immediately upon receipt electronically send a copy of the statement to the elections official in each other affected county.

(3) Within five days of receipt of the statement, forward the original statement to the Secretary of State.

(f) For purposes of this section, “statewide office” means the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Controller, Insurance Commissioner, Secretary of State, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Treasurer, or Member of the United States Senate.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 355, Sec. 4. (AB 1784) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8021

text: All nomination documents which are delivered for filing to the elections official in compliance with Section 8020 and that are not required by this chapter to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State shall be filed with the elections official by the 83rd day before the primary election.

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8022

text:
Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent state Senator, Member of the Assembly, state constitutional officer, Insurance Commissioner, Member of the United States House of Representatives, or United States Senator are not delivered by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, or are delivered but then are withdrawn before 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, any person other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election to file nomination documents for the elective office.

However, if the incumbent’s failure to file nomination documents is because the incumbent has already served the maximum number of terms permitted by the California Constitution for that office, there shall be no extension of the period for filing the nomination documents.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 355, Sec. 5. (AB 1784) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8023

text:
(a) Except in the case of a judicial office filled in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution, every candidate for a judicial office, not more than 14 nor less than five days prior to the first day on which his or her nomination papers may be circulated and signed or may be presented for filing, shall file in the office of the elections official in which his or her nomination papers are required to be filed, a written and signed declaration of his or her intention to become a candidate for that office on a form to be supplied by the elections official. A candidate for a numerically designated judicial office shall state in his or her declaration for which office he or she intends to become a candidate.

(b) No person may be a candidate nor have his or her name printed on any ballot as a candidate for judicial office unless he or she has filed the declaration of intention provided for in this section. If the incumbent of a judicial office fails to file a declaration of intention by the end of the period specified in subdivision (a), persons other than the incumbent may file declarations of intention no later than the first day for filing nomination papers.

(c) Declarations shall be in substantially the following form:

“I hereby declare my intention to become a candidate for the office of____(name of office and district, if any) at the ____, 2____ election.”

No candidate for a judicial office shall be required to state his or her residential address on the declaration of intention. However, if the address is not stated on the declaration of intention, the address must be provided to the elections official for verification.

(d) This section shall apply to all judicial offices whether numerically designated or not.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 199, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8024

text:
Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent officer of a county are not delivered by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, or are delivered but then are withdrawn before 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, any person other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election to file nomination documents for the elective office.

This section is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 355, Sec. 6. (AB 1784) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8025

text: If a candidate who has declared a candidacy for a nomination at the direct primary election for a voter-nominated office dies after the last day prescribed for the delivery of nomination documents to the elections official, as provided in Section 8020, but not less than 83 days before the election, any person, regardless of his or her party preference or lack of party preference, may circulate and deliver nomination documents for the office to the elections official up to 5 p.m. on the 74th day prior to the election. In that case, the elections official shall, immediately after receipt of those nomination documents, certify and transmit them to the Secretary of State in the manner specified in this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 13. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8026

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for an election for a judicial office, an election shall not be conducted and no votes cast for the office shall be counted, and if counted the votes shall be null and void, if an incumbent is a candidate for a nonpartisan statewide, countywide, or citywide office, or for a nonpartisan office that is elected by division, area, or district, which he or she currently holds at an election at which only one other candidate, excluding any write-in candidates, has qualified to have his or her name placed on the ballot for that office, and either the challenger or the incumbent dies after the hour of 12:01 a.m. of the 68th day before the election.

(b) A special election shall be called and held when the death of the challenger or the incumbent occurs within the period set in subdivision (a). The special election shall be called by the appropriate governing body within 14 days after the death of the incumbent or challenger. The special election shall be held no later than 88 days after the proclamation or resolution calling for the election. Candidates at the special election shall be nominated in accordance with this part, except that forms for securing signatures in lieu of a filing fee need not be made available until 15 days before the first day for circulating nomination papers, in-lieu-filing-fee petitions shall be filed at least seven days prior to the closing of the nomination period, nomination papers shall be delivered for filing to the elections official not less than 68 days and not more than 87 days before the special election, any candidate’s statement shall be filed with the clerk no later than the 68th day before the special election, and the Secretary of State shall conduct the randomized alphabet drawing under procedures similar to Sections 13112 and 13113 on the 67th day before the special election. Any candidate who paid a filing fee in connection with the previously scheduled election shall not be required to pay any additional filing fee, but shall be required to file new nomination papers.

(c) The Secretary of State or elections official shall take appropriate action to ensure that voters do not erroneously vote in a canceled election.

(d) This section applies to a primary election. If a candidate in a runoff election dies under the circumstances prescribed in subdivision (a), Section 15402 applies to govern the results of that election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 97, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8027

text:
(a) Filing of nomination papers for a nonpartisan office, except for a judicial office, shall be reopened when an incumbent who is a candidate for a nonpartisan statewide, countywide, or citywide office, or for a nonpartisan office that is elected by division, area, or district which he or she currently holds at an election at which only one other candidate, excluding any write-in candidates, has qualified to have his or her name placed on the ballot for that office and either the challenger or the incumbent dies after the 88th day but before the 68th day before the election.

(b) Any person qualified to be a candidate for the office for which either the deceased challenger or the deceased incumbent was a candidate may circulate and deliver nomination papers commencing the day after the death of either the challenger or the incumbent. Candidates shall be nominated in accordance with this part, except that in-lieu-filing-fee petitions shall not be made available and nomination papers shall be returned to the elections official no later than 5 p.m. on the 68th day before the election.

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8028

text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate shall not remove a declaration of candidacy form from the office of the elections official, and the elections official shall require all candidates filing a declaration of candidacy to execute the declaration in the office of the elections official.

(b) A candidate may, in a written statement signed and dated by the candidate, designate a person to receive a declaration of candidacy form from the elections official and deliver it to the candidate. The statement shall include language indicating that the candidate is aware that the declaration of candidacy must be properly executed and delivered to the elections official of the county of the candidate’s residence by the 88th day prior to the direct primary election. That statement shall be retained by the elections official.

article: 2. Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8040

text:
(a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be substantially as follows:DECLARATION OF CANDIDACYI hereby declare myself a candidate for nomination to the office of ________ District Number ________ to be voted for at the primary election to be held ________, 20__, and declare the following to be true:My name is .I want my name and occupational designation to appear on the ballot as follows: ______________________________________.Addresses:Residence Business Mailing Telephone numbers: Day _________ Evening _________Internet website:_______________________________________I meet the statutory and constitutional qualifications for this office (including, but not limited to, citizenship, residency, and party preference, if required).I am at present an incumbent of the following public office(if any) __________.If nominated, I will accept the nomination and not withdraw, except as permitted by state law.Signature of candidateA candidate for voter-nominated office shall also complete all of the following:(1) I hereby certify that:(a) At the time of presentation of this declaration, as shown by my current affidavit of registration, I have disclosed the following political party preference, if any: .(b) My complete voter registration and party affiliation/preference history, from [10 years prior to current year] through the date of signing this document, is as follows:Party RegistrationCountyTimeframe (by year)(2) Pursuant to Section 8002.5 of the Elections Code, select one of the following:______ Party Preference: _____________________ (insert the name of the qualified political party as disclosed upon your affidavit of registration).______ Party Preference: None (if you have declined to disclose a preference for a qualified political party upon your affidavit of registration).Dated this ___ day of _____, 20___.Signature of candidateA Notary Public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.State of California )County of ) ss. )Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of ________, 20____.Signature of Notary Public (or other official)Notary Public SealExamined and certified by me this ________ day of ________, 20____. County Elections OfficialWARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any declaration of candidacy in the person’s possession which is entitled to be filed under the provisions of the Elections Code Section 18202.(b) At the discretion of the elections official, a candidate for a judicial office, or a candidate for any office whose voter registration information is confidential under Section 2166, 2166.5, 2166.7, 2166.8, or 2166.9 may withhold the candidate’s residence address from the declaration of candidacy. If a candidate does not state the candidate’s residence address on the declaration of candidacy, the elections official shall verify whether the candidate’s address is within the appropriate political subdivision and add the notation “verified” where appropriate on the declaration.

(c) If a candidate will not be within the State of California during the entire nomination period and is unable to appear before a notary public appointed by the Secretary of State or other California official to complete their declaration of candidacy, the candidate may appear before a notary public in another state to complete the declaration of candidacy. The candidate shall attach to their declaration of candidacy a notarial certificate from the out-of-state notary that complies with the law of the notary’s state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 300, Sec. 4. (AB 1392) Effective January 1, 2026.)

article: 3. Form of Nomination Documents

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citation: ELEC § 8041

text: (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the following form:NOMINATION PAPERI, the undersigned signer for ______ for nomination to the office of ____, to be voted for at the primary election to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, hereby assert as follows:I am a resident of ____ County and registered to vote at the address shown on this paper. I am not at this time a signer of any other nomination paper of any other candidate for the above-named office, or in case there are several places to be filled in the above-named office, I have not signed more nomination papers than there are places to be filled in the above-named office. My residence is correctly set forth after my signature hereto:Name Residence (b) The affidavit of the circulator shall read as follows:AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCULATORI, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following:1.That I am 18 years of age or older.2.That my residence address, including street and number, is . [If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is .]3.That the signatures on this section of the nomination paper were obtained between _____, 20__, and _____, 20__; that I circulated the petition and I witnessed the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being written; and that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.Signed Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___________ day of _____________, 20__.(SEAL)Notary Public (or other official) Examined and certified by me this ___________ day of _____________, 20__. Elections OfficialWARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any nomination paper in his or her possession which is entitled to be filed under Section 18202 of the Elections Code.(c) If the nomination paper is for a partisan office, the nomination paper shall include a statement indicating the party preference of the signer of the nomination paper.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 13. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)

article: 3. Form of Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8042

text: The Secretary of State shall establish uniform filing forms for candidates to use when filing a declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8040 and nomination papers pursuant to Section 8041.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. (AB 2577) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 3. Form of Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8060

text: A candidate who declares his or her candidacy shall have registered voters sign his or her nomination papers pursuant to this article.

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citation: ELEC § 8061

text:
(a) If a candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, any or all signatures appearing on the petition, which would be valid under Section 8041, shall be counted towards the number of voters required to sign a nomination paper. If an in-lieu-filing-fee petition contains a requisite number of valid signatures under Section 8062, the candidate shall not be required to file nomination papers.

(b) If an in-lieu-filing-fee petition does not contain the requisite number of valid signatures as set forth in Section 8062, the candidate shall be entitled to file, within the time period allowed for filing nomination papers, a nomination paper in order to obtain the requisite number of valid signatures required to be submitted to the elections official on a nomination paper. A candidate who submits a nomination paper pursuant to this subdivision shall only be required to obtain the number of signatures thereon needed to supplement the in-lieu-filing-fee petition so that the combination of signatures appearing on the in-lieu-filing-fee petition and the nomination paper equals or exceeds the requisite number of signatures set forth in Section 8062.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 562, Sec. 3. (AB 1829) Effective January 1, 2020.)

article: 4. Circulation and Signatures—Nomination Documents


citation: ELEC § 8062

text:
(a) The number of registered voters required to sign a nomination paper for the respective offices are as follows:

(1) State office or United States Senate, not fewer than 65 nor more than 100.

(2) House of Representatives in Congress, State Senate or Assembly, State Board of Equalization, or any office voted for in more than one county, and not statewide, not fewer than 40 nor more than 60.

(3) Candidacy in a single county or any political subdivision of a county, other than State Senate or Assembly, not fewer than 20 nor more than 40.

(4) With respect to a candidate for a political party committee, if any political party has fewer than 50 voters in the state or in the county or district in which the election is to be held, one-tenth the number of voters of the party.

(5) If there are fewer than 150 voters in the county or district in which the election is to be held, not fewer than 10 nor more than 20.

(b) The provisions of this section are mandatory, not directory, and no nomination paper shall be deemed sufficient that does not comply with this section. However, this subdivision shall not be construed to prohibit withdrawal of signatures pursuant to Section 8067. This subdivision also shall not be construed to prohibit a court from validating a signature which was previously rejected upon showing of proof that the voter whose signature is in question is otherwise qualified to sign the nomination paper.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 16. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)


citation: ELEC § 8063

text: The nomination paper shall be delivered to the elections official of the county in which the signer resides and is a voter.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)


citation: ELEC § 8064

text: The declaration of candidacy shall be obtained from, and delivered to, the elections official of the county in which the candidate resides and is a voter in accordance with Section 8028.


citation: ELEC § 8065

text: The elections official shall not accept for filing any nomination paper unless all blanks in the certificate are filled.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2000.)


citation: ELEC § 8066

text: Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 14. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)


citation: ELEC § 8067

text: No more signers shall be secured for any candidate than the maximum number required in this article. If, however, through miscalculation or otherwise, more signers are secured than the maximum number, the officer with whom the nomination papers are filed shall, with the written consent of the candidate, withdraw the excess number.


citation: ELEC § 8068

text: Signers shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. With respect to a candidacy for partisan office, signers shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the party, if any, for which the nomination is proposed. With respect to a candidacy for voter-nominated office, signers need not have disclosed a preference for any party.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 17. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)


citation: ELEC § 8069

text: No signer shall, at the time of signing a certificate, have his or her name signed to any other nomination paper for any other candidate for the same office or, in case there are several places to be filled in the same office, signed to more nomination papers for candidates for that office than there are places to be filled.


citation: ELEC § 8070

text: The elections official shall transmit to the Secretary of State the nomination document for each candidate for state office, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Member of the Senate or Assembly, or the members of the State Board of Equalization.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 736, Sec. 2. Effective October 10, 1995.)


citation: ELEC § 8080

text: No fee or charge shall be made or collected by any officer for verifying any nomination document or circulator’s affidavit.

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citation: ELEC § 8081

text: Before any nomination document is filed in the office of the county elections official or forwarded for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, the county elections official shall verify the signatures and the political preferences, if required, of the signers on the nomination paper with the registration affidavits on file in the office of the county elections official. The county elections official shall mark “not sufficient” any signature that does not appear in the same handwriting as appears on the affidavit of registration in his or her office, or that is accompanied by a declaration of party preference that is not in accordance with the declaration of party preference in the affidavit of registration. The county elections official may cease to verify signatures once the minimum requisite number of signatures has been verified.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 22. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)

article: 5. Verification of Nomination Signatures


citation: ELEC § 8082

text: All nomination documents that are required to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, within five days after being left with the county elections official in compliance with Section 8020, shall be forwarded by the county elections official to the Secretary of State, who shall receive and file them. The county elections official shall forward with the nomination documents a statement showing the total number of signatures on the nomination document that have not been marked “not sufficient.”


citation: ELEC § 8083

text:
The county elections official’s statement to the Secretary of State of the number of signers shall be in substantially the following form: statement of county elections official of number of signers

I, County Elections Official of the County of ____, hereby certify that I have examined the ____ hereto attached filed on behalf of ____, candidate for nomination to the office of ____ at the primary election to be held on the __ day of ____, 20_, and that the total number of signatures which I have not marked “not sufficient” is ____.

Dated this __ day of ____, 20_.

__County Elections Official

(seal)By _________ Deputy

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 9. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)


citation: ELEC § 8084

text: If the number of signatures affixed to an in-lieu filing fee petition filed pursuant to Section 8106 is 100 or more, the county elections official may use a random sampling technique for verification of the signatures. If a random sampling technique is used, and the number of signatures on a petition is 100 or more but less than 2,000, the random sampling shall include an examination of 100 signatures. If the number of signatures on a petition is 2,000 or more, the random sampling shall include an examination of 5 percent of the signatures. Upon completion of the verification of signatures in the sample, the percentage of signatures which are valid shall be applied and projected to the total number of signatures submitted.


citation: ELEC § 8100

text:
All nomination documents shall be filed as follows:

(a) For state offices, United States Senators, Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, and members of the Board of Equalization, in the office of the Secretary of State.

(b) For all officers to be voted for wholly within one county, except as provided in subdivision (a), in the office of the elections official of that county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 736, Sec. 3. Effective October 10, 1995.)

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citation: ELEC § 8101

text: All forms required for nomination and election to all congressional, state, county, and political party county central committee offices shall be furnished only by the county elections official. At the time of issuance of those forms the county elections official shall type in the forms the name of the candidate and the office for which he or she is a candidate, shall imprint a stamp which reads “Official Filing Form,” and shall affix his or her signature. The forms shall be distributed without charge to all candidates applying for them.

article: 6. Nomination Papers.  Place of Filing.  Fees


citation: ELEC § 8102

text: No defect in any nomination document presented shall prevent the filing of another nomination document within the period allowed for presenting the nomination document.


citation: ELEC § 8103

text:
(a) The following fees for filing declarations of candidacy shall be paid to the Secretary of State by each candidate:

(1) Two percent of the first-year salary for the office of United States Senator or for any state office. The fee prescribed in this subdivision does not apply to the office of state Senator, Member of the Assembly, member of the State Board of Equalization, or justice of the court of appeal.

(2) One percent of the first-year salary for the office of Representative in Congress, member of the State Board of Equalization, or justice of the court of appeal.

(3) One percent of the first-year salary for the office of state Senator or Member of the Assembly.

(b) For purposes of this section, “salary” means the annual salary for the office as of the first day on which a candidate may circulate petitions in lieu of filing fees pursuant to Section 8106.


citation: ELEC § 8104

text:
The filing fee to be paid to the county elections official for filing a declaration of candidacy for an office to be voted for wholly within one county other than a legislative or congressional office shall be as follows:

(a) No filing fee is required from any candidate for an office for which no fixed compensation is payable, or for which the annual salary is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less.

(b) A filing fee of 1 percent of the annual salary of the office shall be paid to the county elections official by each candidate for a judicial office or for a county office. This subdivision shall not apply to any candidate for any office for which the annual salary is two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or less.

The filing fee shall be calculated on the basis of the annual salary for the office on the first day to circulate petitions to gather signatures in lieu of filing fees.


citation: ELEC § 8105

text:
(a) The filing fees for all candidates shall be paid at the time the candidates obtain their nomination forms from the county elections official. The county elections official shall not accept any papers unless the fees are paid at the time required by this section, or unless satisfactory evidence is given to the county elections official or to the registrar of voters that the fee has been paid at the time of the declaration of candidacy in another county. The county elections official shall transmit the appropriate fees to the Secretary of State at the time he or she delivers the declarations of candidacy for filing. All filing fees received by the Secretary of State and county elections officials are nonrefundable.

(b) The filing fees for candidates required to file declarations of intention pursuant to Section 8023 shall be paid at the time the declarations are filed with the county elections official.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 466, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)