citation: ELEC § 6884

text:
(a) The candidate shall submit the following to the Secretary of State:

(1) (A) Two copies of each tax return required by Section 6883. One copy of each tax return shall be identical to the version submitted to the Internal Revenue Service, without redactions. The second copy of each tax return shall be redacted pursuant to this paragraph. The tax returns shall be provided to the Secretary of State in hard-copy form.

(B) The candidate shall redact the following information from the redacted version of each tax return:

(i) Social security numbers.

(ii) Home address.

(iii) Telephone number.

(iv) Email address.

(v) Medical information.

(C) The candidate may also redact the following information from the redacted version of each tax return:

(i) Names of dependent minors.

(ii) Employer identification number.

(iii) Business addresses.

(iv) Preparer tax identification number, address, telephone number, and email address of paid tax return preparers.

(2) A written consent form, signed by the candidate, granting the Secretary of State permission to publicly release a version of the candidate’s tax returns redacted pursuant to this section. The Secretary of State shall prepare a standard consent form consistent with this paragraph.

(b) The Secretary of State shall review the redacted copy of each tax return submitted by the candidate to ensure that the redactions comply with subdivision (a). If the Secretary of State determines that the candidate has redacted information other than that permitted by subdivision (a), the Secretary of State shall prepare a new version of the tax return with only the redactions permitted by that subdivision.

(c) (1) Within five days of receipt of the candidate’s tax returns, the Secretary of State shall make redacted versions of the tax returns available to the public on the Secretary of State’s internet website. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of State shall make public the redacted versions of the tax returns submitted by the candidate pursuant to subdivision (a).

(2) If the Secretary of State is required to prepare a redacted version of a tax return pursuant to subdivision (b), the Secretary of State shall make public that version.

(3) The public versions of the tax returns shall be continuously posted until the official canvass for the presidential primary election is completed. Upon completion of the official canvass, the Secretary of State shall remove the public versions of the tax returns.

(4) The Secretary of State shall retain the paper copies of the submitted tax returns until the completion of the official canvass of the ensuing general election. Thereafter, the paper copies of the submitted tax returns shall be destroyed as soon as practicable, unless the Secretary of State has received a court order, or a lawful written request from a state or federal governmental agency, directing the Secretary of State to preserve the submitted tax returns.


kind: section

code: ELEC

citation: ELEC § 6900

text: The term “elector” or “presidential elector” as used in this chapter means an elector of President and Vice President of the United States, and not an elector as defined in Section 321.

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

division: 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

chapter: 1. General Provisions

path: 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS > 1. General Provisions


citation: ELEC § 6901

text: Whenever a political party, in accordance with Section 6864, 7100, 7300, 7578, or 7843, submits to the Secretary of State its certified list of nominees for electors and alternate electors of President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for elector and alternate elector of the elector’s nomination by the party. The Secretary of State shall cause the names of the candidates for President and Vice President of the several political parties to be placed upon the ballot for the ensuing general election.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 2. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)


text: On or before the 75th day before an election when electors for the President and Vice President of the United States will be chosen, each political party qualified to participate in the election shall notify the Secretary of State of the names of that party’s nominees for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States. If a qualified political party has not held its national convention by the 75th day before the election, the party shall notify the Secretary of State of the names of the party’s apparent nominees for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 72, Sec. 1. (SB 437) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: ELEC § 6902

text: At the general election in each leap year, or at any other time as may be prescribed by the laws of the United States, there shall be chosen by the voters of the state as many electors of President and Vice President of the United States as the state is then entitled to.


citation: ELEC § 6903

text: On or before the day of meeting of the electors, the Governor shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and he or she shall perform any other duties relating to presidential electors which are required of him or her by the laws of the United States.


citation: ELEC § 6904

text:
(a) The electors chosen shall assemble at the State Capitol at 2 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.

(b) If it is unsafe to meet in the State Capitol due to a state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code), including a fire, flood, earthquake, or other emergency, the Governor shall designate by written proclamation an alternative location for the electors to assemble. The proclamation shall be filed with the Secretary of State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: ELEC § 6906

text: The electors, when convened, shall vote by ballot for a person for President and a person for Vice President of the United States, one of whom, at least, is not an inhabitant of this state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 4. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)


citation: ELEC § 6909

text:
Each presidential elector and alternate elector shall receive ten dollars ($10) for the elector’s services, and mileage at the rate of five cents ($0.05) per mile for each mile of travel from the elector’s domicile to the location of the meeting of the electors and return.

Their accounts therefor shall be certified by the Secretary of State, and audited by the Controller, who shall draw the Controller’s warrants for the same on the Treasurer, payable out of the General Fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 2. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: ELEC § 6911

text: This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, as the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 8. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)

path: 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS > 1.2. Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act


citation: ELEC § 6912

text:
In this chapter:

(a) “Cast” means accepted by the Secretary of State in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 6917.

(b) “Elector” means an individual who was a nominee for the office of presidential elector pursuant to Section 6864, 7100, 7300, 7578, 7843, 8303, or 8650 and selected as a presidential elector under the laws of this state and this chapter.

(c) “President” means President of the United States.

(d) “Unaffiliated presidential candidate” means a candidate for President who qualifies for the general election ballot in this state by means other than nomination by a political party.

(e) “Vice President” means Vice President of the United States.

chapter: 1.2. Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act


citation: ELEC § 6913

text: For each elector position in this state, a political party contesting the position, or an unaffiliated presidential candidate, shall submit to the Secretary of State the names of two qualified individuals. One of the individuals shall be designated “elector nominee” and the other “alternate elector nominee.” Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6915 to 6918, inclusive, this state’s electors are the winning elector nominees under the laws of this state.


citation: ELEC § 6914

text:
(a) Each elector nominee and alternate elector nominee of a political party shall execute the following pledge: “If selected for the position of elector, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice President for the nominees for those offices of the party that nominated me.”

(b) Each elector nominee and alternate elector nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate shall execute the following pledge: “If selected for the position of elector as a nominee of an unaffiliated presidential candidate, I agree to serve and mark my ballots for that candidate and for that candidate’s vice presidential running mate.”

(c) The pledges executed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall accompany submission of the corresponding names to the Secretary of State.

(d) If, after the nomination of a candidate for President or Vice President by a political party and before the meeting of electors described in Section 6917, the candidate dies or withdraws as a candidate for that office in accordance with the rules of the political party, the pledge described in subdivision (a) applies to the successor candidate for that office nominated by the political party in accordance with the party’s rules.

(e) If, after nomination of an unaffiliated candidate for President or Vice President and before the meeting of electors described in Section 6917, the candidate dies or withdraws as a candidate for that office, the pledge described in subdivision (b) applies to the successor candidate for that office nominated by the group of elector nominees of the candidate.


citation: ELEC § 6915

text:
In submitting this state’s certificate of ascertainment as required by Section 6 of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Governor shall certify this state’s electors and state in the certificate that:

(a) The electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy.

(b) If a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the Governor will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of this state’s electors.


citation: ELEC § 6916

text:
(a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the meeting of electors described in Section 6917.

(b) The position of an elector not present to vote is vacant. The Secretary of State shall appoint an individual as a substitute elector to fill a vacancy as follows:

(1) If the alternate elector is present to vote, by appointing the alternate elector for the vacant position.

(2) If the alternate elector for the vacant position is not present to vote, by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among the alternate electors present to vote who were nominated by the same political party or unaffiliated presidential candidate.

(3) If the number of alternate electors present to vote is insufficient to fill any vacant position pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), by appointing any immediately available individual who is qualified to serve as an elector and chosen through nomination by an plurality vote of the remaining electors, including nomination and vote by single elector if only one remains.

(4) If there is a tie between at least two nominees for substitute elector in a vote conducted under paragraph (3), by appointing an elector chosen by lot from among those nominees.

(5) If all elector positions are vacant and cannot be filled pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, by appointing a single presidential elector, with remaining vacant positions to be filled under paragraph (3) and, if necessary, paragraph (4).

(c) To qualify as a substitute elector under subdivision (b), an individual who has not executed the pledge required under Section 6914 shall execute the following pledge: “I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for President and Vice President consistent with the pledge of the individual to whose elector position I have succeeded.”


citation: ELEC § 6917

text:
(a) At the time designated for elector voting and after all vacant positions have been filled under Section 6916, the Secretary of State shall provide each elector with a presidential and a vice-presidential ballot. The elector shall mark the elector’s presidential and vice-presidential ballots with the elector’s votes for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, along with the elector’s signature and the elector’s legibly printed name.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by state law other than this chapter, each elector shall present both completed ballots to the Secretary of State, who shall examine the ballots and accept as cast all ballots of electors whose votes are consistent with their pledges executed under Section 6914 or subdivision (c) of Section 6916. Except as otherwise provided by state law other than this chapter, the Secretary of State shall not accept and shall not count either an elector’s presidential or vice-presidential ballot if the elector has not marked both ballots or has marked a ballot in violation of the elector’s pledge.

(c) An elector who refuses to present a ballot, presents an unmarked ballot, or presents a ballot marked in violation of the elector’s pledge executed under Section 6914 or subdivision (c) of Section 6916 vacates the office of elector, creating a vacant position to be filled under Section 6916.

(d) The Secretary of State shall distribute ballots to and collect ballots from a substitute elector and repeat the process under this section of examining ballots, declaring and filling vacant positions as required, and recording appropriately completed ballots from the substituted electors, until all of the state’s electoral votes have been cast and recorded.


citation: ELEC § 6918

text:
(a) After the vote of this state’s electors is completed, if the final list of electors differs from any list that the Governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment prepared and transmitted under Section 5 of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Secretary of State immediately shall prepare an amended certificate of ascertainment and transmit it to the Governor for the Governor’s signature.

(b) The Governor immediately shall deliver the signed amended certificate of ascertainment to the Secretary of State and a signed duplicate original of the amended certificate of ascertainment to all individuals entitled to receive this state’s certificate of ascertainment, indicating that the amended certificate of ascertainment is to be substituted for the certificate of ascertainment previously submitted.

(c) The Secretary of State shall prepare a certificate of vote. The electors on the final list shall sign the certificate. The Secretary of State shall process and transmit the signed certificate with the amended certificate of ascertainment under Sections 9 to 11, inclusive, of Title 3 of the United States Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 3. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: ELEC § 6919

text: In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.


citation: ELEC § 6920

text: The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote as set forth in Section 6921.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. (AB 459) Effective January 1, 2012.)

chapter: 1.5. Voting Compact

path: 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS > 1.5. Voting Compact


citation: ELEC § 6921

text:
The provisions of the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote are as follows:

Article 1. Membership

Any state of the United States and the District of Columbia may become a member of this agreement by enacting this agreement.

Article 2. Right of the People in Member States to Vote for President and Vice President

Each member state shall conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States.

Article 3. Manner of Appointing Presidential Electors in Member States

Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, the chief election official of each member state shall determine the number of votes for each presidential slate in each state of the United States and in the District of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a statewide popular election and shall add such votes together to produce a “national popular vote total” for each presidential slate.

The chief election official of each member state shall designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular vote total as the “national popular vote winner.”

The presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall certify the appointment in that official’s own state of the elector slate nominated in that state in association with the national popular vote winner.

At least six days before the day fixed by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, each member state shall make a final determination of the number of popular votes cast in the state for each presidential slate and shall communicate an official statement of such determination within 24 hours to the chief election official of each other member state.

The chief election official of each member state shall treat as conclusive an official statement containing the number of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by the day established by federal law for making a state’s final determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes by Congress.

In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in association with the presidential slate receiving the largest number of popular votes within that official’s own state.

If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors nominated in a member state in association with the national popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state’s number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the presidential slate that has been designated as the national popular vote winner shall have the power to nominate the presidential electors for that state and that state’s presidential elector certifying official shall certify the appointment of such nominees.

The chief election official of each member state shall immediately release to the public all vote counts or statements of votes as they are determined or obtained.

This article shall govern the appointment of presidential electors in each member state in any year in which this agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes.

Article 4. Other Provisions

This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted this agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments by such states have taken effect in each state.

Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except that a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end of a President’s term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President shall have been qualified to serve the next term.

The chief executive of each member state shall promptly notify the chief executive of all other states of when this agreement has been enacted and has taken effect in that official’s state, when the state has withdrawn from this agreement, and when this agreement takes effect generally.

This agreement shall terminate if the electoral college is abolished.

If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

Article 5. Definitions

For purposes of this agreement, “chief executive” shall mean the governor of a state of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia; “elector slate” shall mean a slate of candidates who have been nominated in a state for the position of presidential elector in association with a presidential slate; “chief election official” shall mean the state official or body that is authorized to certify the total number of popular votes for each presidential slate; “presidential elector” shall mean an elector for President and Vice President of the United States; “presidential elector certifying official” shall mean the state official or body that is authorized to certify the appointment of the state’s presidential electors; “presidential slate” shall mean a slate of two persons, the first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for President of the United States and the second of whom has been nominated as a candidate for Vice President of the United States, or any legal successors to such persons, regardless of whether both names appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular state; “state” shall mean a state of the United States and the District of Columbia; and “statewide popular election” shall mean a general election in which votes are cast for presidential slates by individual voters and counted on a statewide basis.


citation: ELEC § 6950

text:
Within three days of receiving the names of delegate candidates from the chairpersons of the steering committees, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list, for each congressional district wholly or partially within that county, containing the names of the delegate candidates selected and pledged to each candidate or uncommitted delegation who is entitled to be voted for on the ballot at the presidential primary.

The certified list shall be in substantially the following form: Certified List of Delegate Candidates In the ____ Congressional District

To the County Elections Official of ____ County:

I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following persons, listed beneath the name of the presidential candidate or uncommitted delegation they are pledged to, are the delegate candidates who will represent the voters of this congressional district at the ____ Democratic National Convention to the extent, based on his or her proportional share of the total votes for president in this district, that each presidential candidate or uncommitted delegation is entitled to delegates from this district.List of Delegates Pledged to Presidential Candidates and Uncommitted Delegations In the _____ Congressional District Delegates Pledged to Rosaly Lever

Deborah Seiler Elaine Ginnold George Mann Darren Chesin Delegates Pledged to Janice Atkinson

John Mott-Smith Rosa Garcia-Viteri Bruce Bolinger Mary DeLost Delegates Pledged to Christopher Zirkle Delegates Pledged to Unpledged Delegation, James Ashford, Chairperson Mark Terry Romulo Lopez Linda M. Gonzalez Joe Ayala Lori Joseph Abra Reynaga Sylvia Cheng Michael Ognisty Bill Pitts Lynne ChinnDated at Sacramento, California, this ____ day of ______, 20__. (seal)______________ Secretary of State

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 82. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)

chapter: 2. Duties of the Secretary of State

path: 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS > 2. Duties of the Secretary of State


citation: ELEC § 6951

text: At least 68 days before the presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list containing the names of the candidates to appear on the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference primary ballot and the names and addresses of the candidates for delegates for whom nomination papers have been filed and who are entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2000.)


citation: ELEC § 6952

text:
The certified list required by Section 6951 shall be in substantially the following form:CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY AND CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATETo the County Elections Official of ______ County: I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the names of the candidates to appear on the June ____, 20__, Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference primary ballot, in the order in which they are to appear, are:etc.etc.I further certify that the following list contains the name and post office address of each person who is entitled to be voted for at the June ____, 20__, Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary election as a candidate for delegate to the next national convention of the ____ Party with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level. I further certify that the groups of candidates for delegate each appear under the name of the person for whom the group has expressed a preference as nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party for President, or under the name of the group chairperson in case of a group not expressing a preference, and that the groups are listed in the order in which they are to appear on the national convention delegate portion of the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot.LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION

DELEGATE

PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY Candidates preferring __________________ _________________________________________________________________ Name AddressTop of group1 2 3 etc.etc. Candidates expressing no preference (Name of chairperson) ______________________ _________________________________________________________________ Name AddressTop of group1 2 3 etc.etc.Dated at Sacramento, California, this ____ day of _____, 20___. (SEAL) Secretary of State

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 817, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)


citation: ELEC § 6953

text:
At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list containing the names and addresses of the candidates for delegates for whom nomination papers have been filed and who are entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary.

The certified list shall be in substantially the following form:

Certified List of Candidates for Delegate Secretary of State

To the Elections Official of ____ County:

I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following list contains the name and post office address of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed in my office and who is entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, as delegate to the next national convention of the American Independent Party; I further certify that in the list, under the name of the person for whom a preference as nominee of the American Independent Party for President has been expressed, or under the name of the chairman of a group not expressing a preference, there is stated the name of each candidate for delegate who has filed a statement pursuant to Section 6567, and who may be voted for as one of a group.LIST OF CANDIDATESAmerican Independent PartyCandidates preferring

Candidates preferring

No preference (Name of chairman)

Name Address Top of groupName Address Top of groupName Address Top of group1.1.1.2.2.2.3.3.3.etc.etc.etc.Dated at Sacramento, California, this ______ day of ______, 20___.(SEAL)(Secretary of State)

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2000.)


citation: ELEC § 6954

text:
At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list containing the names and addresses of the candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and who are entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary.

The certified list shall be in substantially the following form:

CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES secretary of state

To the County Elections Official of ____ County:

I, ____, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the following list contains the name and post office address of each person for whom nomination papers have been filed in my office and who is entitled to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, as nominee of the Republican Party.List of Candidates Republican PartyNameAddress1 2 3 etc.etc.Dated at Sacramento, California, this ______ day of ______, 20___.(SEAL)Secretary of State

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 312, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2000.)


citation: ELEC § 7000

text: All references to a voter’s or candidate’s party “registration” or “affiliation” in this division shall refer to the party preference or lack of party preference disclosed by the voter or candidate in accordance with Sections 2151 and 2152 and subdivision (b) of Section 2154.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 16. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)

part: 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS


citation: ELEC § 7050

text: This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the Democratic Party of California.

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


citation: ELEC § 7100

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 candidate in each congressional district who received the largest number of votes in the primary election among the candidates who disclosed a preference for the Democratic Party shall designate one presidential elector and one alternate presidential elector for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6 and shall file each elector’s name and residence and business address with the state chairperson by a date specified by the state chairperson. The candidate for United States Senate who received the largest number of votes in the primary election among the candidates who disclosed a preference for the Democratic Party in each of the last two United States senatorial elections shall designate one presidential elector and one alternate presidential elector and shall file each elector’s name and residence and business address with the state chairperson by a date specified by the state chairperson. In the event there is no candidate for United States Senate or for any particular congressional district who disclosed a preference for the Democratic Party, or if any candidate fails to designate a presidential elector and alternate presidential elector by the date specified by the state chairperson, the state chairperson shall designate one presidential elector and one alternate presidential elector for each vacancy. The state chairperson shall file the names and residence and business addresses of all the electors designated pursuant to this section with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the presidential election year.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 9. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)

chapter: 2. Presidential Electors

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 2. Presidential Electors


citation: ELEC § 7150

text:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the elements and practices of the state central committee shall be the same as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the Democratic Party of California, including the following:

(a) The membership of the state central committee.

(b) The procedures for notifying members of appointments.

(c) Proxy provisions.

(d) The form of appointment of members to the state central committee.

(e) The officers, methods of electing officers, and their terms.

(f) Quorum requirements for meetings of the state central committee.

(g) The procedures for the conduct of committee proceedings.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 392, Sec. 2. (AB 1396) Effective January 1, 2010.)

chapter: 3. State Central Committee

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


citation: ELEC § 7151

text: The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the party. It shall appoint committees and appoint and employ campaign directors and perform all other activities relating to campaign organizations it deems suitable or desirable and in the best interest of the party.

division: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS


citation: ELEC § 7152

text: The Democratic Party of California shall post a current copy of its standing rules and bylaws for public inspection on its Internet Web site.


citation: ELEC § 7200

text:
(a) In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-twentieth of the number of votes cast in that county for Governor or, where the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.

(b) The committees in counties containing less than five Assembly districts shall be composed of not less than 21 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 21 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-twentieth of the votes cast for Governor in that county as to give a membership in the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 21 members.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)

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 § 7201

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county of the fifth class as defined in Section 28026 of the Government Code, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Assembly district, whether wholly or partly within the county, provided each such member is a resident of the county and of the Assembly district which the member represents. Only a person who is a resident of the county may vote for a candidate for membership to the county central committee and may vote only for candidates seeking to represent the Assembly district in which the voter resides.

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

article: 1. Members


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Sacramento, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts with six members elected from each supervisor district. Each member shall be a resident of the county and of the supervisor district that the member represents. Only a person who is a resident of the county may vote for a candidate for membership to the county central committee and may vote only for candidates seeking to represent the supervisor district in which the voter resides.

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

article: 1. Members


text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Alameda, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts and the number to be elected from any Assembly district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in that portion of the Assembly district lying within the County of Alameda at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-thirtieth of the number of votes cast in the county for Governor or, where the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that Assembly district.

(b) If the procedure described above would result in less than 30 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in that portion of each Assembly district lying within the County of Alameda shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-thirtieth of the votes cast for Governor in the county as to give a membership in the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 30 members.

Only a person who is a resident of the county may vote for a candidate for membership to the county central committee and may vote only for candidates seeking to represent the Assembly district in which the voter resides.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 3. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7202

text: In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Assembly district.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7203

text: In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained either wholly or partially within the county. In an Assembly district that lies only partially within a county containing 20 or more Assembly districts, the seven members shall be elected from that portion of the Assembly district contained within the county.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7204

text:
(a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and shall consist of 24 members. Whichever of the two Assembly districts consists of the majority of the registered Democrats in the city and county shall elect 14 members and the Assembly district that consists of the minority of the registered Democrats in the city and county shall elect 10 members.

(b) Both of the following shall apply for purposes of this section:

(1) “Registered Democrat” means any voter in the city and county who has expressed a preference for the Democratic Party on their affidavit of registration pursuant to Sections 2150, 2151, and 2152 as of the 154th day prior to the first direct primary election after any redistricting of Assembly district boundaries.

(2) The City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections, or any comparable successor agency, shall calculate the percentage of the total registered Democrats in each Assembly district in the city and county.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 854, Sec. 4. (AB 3284) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7205

text:
Notwithstanding this article, each county central committee by resolution may provide for the election of all or a portion of central committee members to represent individual central committee districts. The member shall reside in the district he or she represents but shall be elected at large within the Assembly district in which the county central committee district he or she represents is located.

The county central committee shall reapportion itself at least every 10 years, prior to the June primary election of that year. Each district shall be apportioned on the basis of the number of registered Democrats for the June primary in each even-numbered year, with no more than a 10-percent deviation from the average. Each district shall be compact, contiguous, and utilize any natural and neighborhood boundaries. The district boundaries shall not cut across any district lines of a precinct as drawn by the elections official for the last general or consolidated election.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7206

text: In each county the nominee of this party for Senator or the incumbent Senator, the nominees of this party for the Assembly, and any person elected to either the Senate or Assembly at a special election to fill a vacancy in that house, and the nominee of this party for Representative in Congress, and any person elected at a special election to fill a vacancy in the House of Representatives, shall be ex officio members of this committee. If the person elected from one party at the special election for an Assembly or Senate seat, or for the House of Representatives, shall be other than the nominee of that party for the same office at the prior election, the ex officio membership of the nominee shall expire immediately upon certification by the Secretary of State of the election. 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. 1. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7207

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.

His or her rights and privileges shall be the same as those prescribed for other ex officio members in Section 7206.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7208

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 Member of the Senate or Assembly 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.

That 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 § 7209

text:
(a) A person is not eligible for election to a committee if the person’s affidavit of registration does not state a political party preference for this party at the time of the person’s election.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or Section 8001, a person who is not a United States citizen, but who would be eligible to register to vote if the person were a United States citizen, is eligible for election to a committee if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The bylaws of the committee permit a person who is not a United States citizen, but who would be eligible to register to vote if the person were a United States citizen, to serve as a member of the committee.

(2) The person meets all other eligibility requirements for election to the committee that are imposed by the bylaws of the committee or this code.

(3) The committee, not later than the 172nd day preceding the presidential primary election, does both of the following:

(A) Notifies the county elections official that its bylaws permit a person who is not a United States citizen, but who would be eligible to register to vote if the person were a United States citizen, to be elected to, and to serve as a member of, the committee.

(B) Provides the county elections official with a list of the eligibility requirements in its bylaws for a person to be elected to, and to serve on, the committee.

(4) At the time the person files a declaration of candidacy, the person also files a declaration of eligibility with the county elections official. The county elections official shall attach the list of eligibility requirements provided by the committee in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) to the blank declaration of eligibility. The declaration of eligibility shall be substantially as follows:DECLARATION OF ELIGIBILITYI hereby declare that I have filed a declaration of candidacy for nomination to the office of _____ to be voted for at the primary election to be held ______, 20__, and declare the following to be true:My name is .I have reviewed the attached list of eligibility requirements to be elected to, and to serve on, the county central committee, and I meet those requirements.Dated this ____ day of _____, 20__Signature of candidateState of California )County of ) ss. )Subscribed and sworn to before me this ________ day of ________, 20____.Notary Public (or other official)Examined and certified by me this ________ day of ________, 20____. County Elections Official(c) (1) The county elections official shall accept a completed declaration of eligibility filed by a candidate pursuant to subdivision (b) as a certification that the person is eligible for election to the committee. This section shall not be construed to permit or require the elections official to verify independently whether a candidate who has filed a declaration of eligibility satisfies the eligibility requirements provided by the committee in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b).

(2) In lieu of attaching a certificate to a candidate’s declaration of candidacy in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 8001, the elections official shall attach a candidate’s completed declaration of eligibility to the candidate’s completed declaration of candidacy, and shall preserve both documents in accordance with Section 17100.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 299, Sec. 1. (SB 714) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7211

text: In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which the district is entitled to be represented, a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of elected committeepersons and the number of committeepersons by which the district is entitled to be represented. When the vacancy or vacancies exist they shall be filled by the committee to which insufficient members were elected, in the manner provided for in Section 7212.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7212

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 7213 or 7215.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7213

text: Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, 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 § 7214

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 § 7215

text: A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party, 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 or candidate who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7216

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 § 7225

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. 2. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Elections

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


citation: ELEC § 7226

text: The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each Assembly district or supervisor district, as the case may be, pursuant to this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 3. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Elections


citation: ELEC § 7227

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 in 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. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 2. Elections


citation: ELEC § 7228

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 supervisorial district does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected from that Assembly or supervisorial 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 supervisorial 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. 4. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Elections


citation: ELEC § 7229

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. Elections


citation: ELEC § 7230

text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the 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. 5. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Elections


citation: ELEC § 7235

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

article: 3. Meetings

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


citation: ELEC § 7236

text: The Department of General Services shall permit any committee to hold meetings in a state building within the county. At least one committee meeting each month shall be free of charge.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 3. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7240

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 § 7241

text:
A committee may make rules and regulations providing:

(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.

Any rule adopted prior to statutory authorization by any committee by majority vote of the members elected to the committee is hereby validated and made of the same effect as if subsequently adopted.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7242

text: The committees shall perform any 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 7230, and qualification of the members of the new committees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 6. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7243

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 § 7244

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. 9. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7250

text: This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and function of that political party known as the California Republican Party.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)


citation: ELEC § 7300

text:
(a) In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the Republican nominees for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Controller, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, the Republican nominees for United States Senator at the last two United States senatorial elections, the Assembly Republican leader, the Senate Republican leader, all elected officers of the Republican State Central Committee, the National Committeeman and National Committeewoman, the President of the Republican County Central Committee Chairmen’s Association, and the chairperson or president of each Republican volunteer organization officially recognized by the Republican State Central Committee shall act as presidential electors, except that Senators, Representatives, and persons holding an office of trust or profit of the United States shall not act as electors. Each of those persons acting as electors pursuant to this subdivision shall also designate an alternate elector for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6 and notify the chairperson of the Republican State Central Committee of the name, residence address, and business address of the alternate elector.

(b) The remaining presidential elector positions, and any vacant positions, shall be filled by appointment of the chairperson of the Republican State Central Committee in accordance with the bylaws of the committee. The chairperson shall also appoint an alternate elector for each elector appointed by the chairperson. The name, residence address, and business address of each appointee and each alternate elector described in this subdivision and subdivision (a) shall be filed with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the presidential election year. The Republican State Central Committee shall adopt bylaws implementing this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 54. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024.)


citation: ELEC § 7350

text: The membership of delegates to the state central committee, procedures for notification of members of appointments, proxy provisions, and form of appointment of delegate members shall be as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the California Republican Party. The California Republican Party shall maintain a current copy of its standing rules and bylaws for public inspection on the Internet.

history: (History: Repealed and added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 60, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)


citation: ELEC § 7352

text: The officers, methods of electing officers, terms of officers, quorum requirements for meetings of the state central committee and procedures for the conduct of committee proceedings and adoption of a state party platform shall be as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the California Republican Party.


citation: ELEC § 7353

text: The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the 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.


citation: ELEC § 7354

text:
(a) The state central committee may prohibit or limit the power of county central committees established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 7400) to endorse, support, or oppose any candidate for nomination by the California Republican Party for partisan office in the direct primary election.

(b) The superior court, in any case brought before it by the state central committee or by any registered voter, may issue a temporary or permanent restraining order or injunction to prohibit the endorsement, support, or opposition by a county central committee of any candidate for nomination by the California Republican Party for partisan office in the direct primary election, if the endorsement, support, or opposition is in violation of the bylaws or rules of the state central committee. All cases of this nature shall be in a preferred position for purposes of trial and appeal, so as to ensure the speedy disposition thereof.


citation: ELEC § 7400

text:
In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-twentieth of the number of votes cast in that county for Governor or, where the party had no candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by such division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.

The committees in counties containing less than five Assembly districts shall be composed of not less than 21 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 21 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-twentieth of the votes cast for Governor in that county as to give a membership in the committee equal to or the nearest amount which is greater than 21 members.

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

article: 1. Members


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Sacramento, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows: There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone. This number shall be divided by one-thirtieth of the number of votes cast in Sacramento County for Governor or, where the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.

(b) The Sacramento County Central Committee shall be composed of not less than 31 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 31 members being elected for any committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-thirtieth of the votes cast for Governor in Sacramento County as to give a membership on the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 31 members.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 257, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Members


text: Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Placer, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts and shall be composed of seven members elected from each of the supervisor districts.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 111, Sec. 1. (AB 1148) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 1. Members


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of Santa Clara, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows:

(1) There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone.

(2) This number shall be divided by one-twenty-second of the number of votes cast in Santa Clara County for Governor or, where the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.

(b) The Santa Clara County Central Committee shall be composed of not less than 23 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in less than 23 members being elected to the committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-twenty-second of the votes cast for Governor in Santa Clara County as to give a membership on the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 23 members.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Members


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 7400 and 7401, in the County of San Bernardino, the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determined as follows:

(1) There shall be taken the number of votes cast in the supervisor district at the last gubernatorial election for that party’s candidate for Governor, or, if the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate of the party voted on throughout the state who received the greatest number of votes and who was the candidate of that party alone.

(2) This number shall be divided by one-thirtieth of the number of votes cast in San Bernardino County for Governor or, where the party did not have a candidate for Governor, for the candidate mentioned above. The integer next larger than the quotient obtained by that division shall constitute the number of members of the committee to be elected by that party in that supervisor district.

(b) The San Bernardino County Central Committee shall be composed of not fewer than 30 members. If the procedure outlined above would result in fewer than 30 members being elected to the committee, the number of votes cast for this party’s candidate in each supervisor district shall be divided by an amount sufficiently smaller than one-thirtieth of the votes cast for Governor in San Bernardino County as to give a membership on the committee equal to or the nearest amount that is greater than 30 members.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 65, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7401

text: In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Assembly district.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7402

text: In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained either wholly or partially within the county. In an Assembly district that lies only partially within a county containing 20 or more Assembly districts, the seven members shall be elected from that portion of the Assembly district contained within the county.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7403

text:
(a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and shall consist of 25 members. Whichever of the two Assembly districts consists of the majority of the registered Republicans in the city and county shall elect 13 members plus one additional member for every 4 percent of the registered Republicans in the district above a majority of the registered Republicans in the city and county. The remainder of the members shall be elected from the Assembly district that consists of the minority of the registered Republicans in the city and county.

(b) Both of the following shall apply for purposes of this section:

(1) “Registered Republican” means any voter in the city and county who has expressed a preference for the Republican Party on his or her affidavit of registration pursuant to Sections 2150, 2151, and 2152 as of the 154th day prior to the first direct primary election after any redistricting of Assembly district boundaries.

(2) The City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections, or any comparable successor agency, shall calculate the percentage of the total registered Republicans in each Assembly district in the city and county.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the June 5, 2012, statewide primary election, signers of nomination papers for candidates for the county central committee shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the Republican Party and who are residents in the County of San Francisco, regardless of whether they are residents of the district in which the candidate is to be voted on.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 6. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7404

text:
(a) In each county, the nominee of the party for State Senator, the nominees of the party for the Assembly, and any person nominated to either the Senate or Assembly at a special election to fill a vacancy in the house, and the nominee of the party for Representative in Congress shall be ex officio members of this committee. If the person most recently nominated or elected from one party at the special election for an Assembly or Senate seat, or for the House of Representatives shall be other than the nominee of that party for the same office at the earlier election, the ex officio membership of the latter nominee shall expire immediately upon certification by the Secretary of State of the nomination or, if there is no runoff, the election of the person most recently nominated or elected. 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. A person shall be entitled to ex officio membership upon receiving a certificate of nomination from the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 8147, at which time the term of the former nominee shall expire.

(b) If the person most recently nominated to the Senate, Assembly, or House of Representatives received fewer votes for the particular office at the ensuing general election than a write-in candidate for the same office, and the write-in candidate is elected to that office, the write-in candidate shall, for purposes of this part, be considered the ex officio member of each affected county, provided that the write-in candidate’s affidavit of registration reflects that that candidate has been affiliated with the party for at least six months prior to the general election.

(c) If a write-in candidate is entitled to ex officio membership on each affected county central committee pursuant to subdivision (b), each affected county central committee shall designate the party nominee described in subdivision (b) as an additional ex officio member to its committee. Any person designated as an ex officio member under this subdivision shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges as other ex officio members of the committee.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 7. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7405

text:
The nominee for 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) Treasurer.

(d) Controller.

(e) Attorney General.

(f) Secretary of State.

(g) Member of the State Board of Equalization.

(h) United States Senator from California. His or her rights and privileges, including the right to membership, shall be the same as those prescribed for other ex officio members in Section 7404.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7406

text:
A committee may authorize each elected member and each ex officio member of that committee to appoint an alternate member. An ex officio member who is also an incumbent officeholder of any of the offices listed in Sections 7404 and 7405 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 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, except that an alternate member appointed by an incumbent Senator, Member of the Assembly, or Representative in Congress need not reside in the district of the appointing power but need only reside in the county of jurisdiction of the committee.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7407

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 § 7409

text: In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeemembers to which that district is entitled to be represented, 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 7410.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7410

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 7411 or 7413.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7411

text:
(a) Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, who misses four regularly called meetings within one 12-month period shall be removed from the committee concerned, unless his or her absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting.

(b) A committee may, in its sole discretion and in accordance with its bylaws, remove a member who misses four or more regularly called meetings within one 12-month period, regardless of the reasons for the absences.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 257, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2003.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7412

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 § 7413

text: A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party, 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 or candidate who is opposed to a candidate nominated by this party.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7414

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 § 7420

text:
(a) At every presidential primary election, a member may be elected to a county central committee to replace a member whose term is expiring.

(b) When district boundaries are redrawn and districts are renumbered in accordance with the decennial census, a member of a county central committee may run for election in a newly numbered district at the next election even though his or her current term of office has not expired. If a person is elected in the newly numbered district and takes the oath of office, the person is deemed to have resigned from his or her previous district office at that time.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 8. (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 § 7421

text: The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each Assembly district or supervisor district, as the case may be, pursuant to this article.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 9. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7422

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. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7423

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 supervisorial district does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected from that Assembly or supervisorial 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 supervisorial 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. 10. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7424

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 § 7425

text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may determine the number, the district allocation, and the manner of election of its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention, or by using any other method approved by the committee.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a county central committee to remove an ex officio member of the committee.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 11. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 2. Election


citation: ELEC § 7430

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 § 7431

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

article: 3. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7440

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


citation: ELEC § 7441

text: At the first meeting, a committee shall organize by selecting a chairperson, a secretary, and any other officers and committees as it deems necessary for carrying on the affairs of this party.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. (AB 334) Effective January 1, 2020.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7442

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, 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.

Any rule adopted prior to statutory authorization by any county central committee by majority vote of the members elected to the committee is hereby validated and made of the same effect as if subsequently adopted.

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7443

text: The committees shall perform any other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. Members of a county central committee may serve after the expiration date of their terms until the election, or the selection pursuant to Section 7425, and qualification of the new members replacing them on the county central committees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 507, Sec. 12. (SB 1272) Effective January 1, 2013.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7444

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.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 8, Sec. 8. (AB 1200) Effective March 8, 2012.)

article: 4. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7460

text: This article applies only to committees established by Assembly districts or supervisorial districts within a county pursuant to the bylaws of the county central committee of that county.

article: 5. District Committees

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 4. County Central Committee > 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7461

text: The committees shall be called county Assembly district committees or county supervisorial district committees.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7462

text: Each committee shall consist of the persons elected to the county central committee of a single Assembly or supervisorial district.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7463

text: The district committees of a county and the ex officio members of the county central committee constitute the county central committee of that county.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7464

text: The district committees may elect any officers and undertake any action as the bylaws of the county central committee of which they are a part provide.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7465

text: In the event that the candidates elected to a district committee do not equal the number of party committeemembers by which the district is entitled to be represented under Article 1 (commencing with Section 7400), 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 district committee to which insufficient members were elected.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7466

text: In the event of the appointment or election to a district committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, is removed from office, or removes from the jurisdiction of the district committee, or ceases to be a member of this party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the district committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7467

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

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7468

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

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7469

text: A district committee shall remove any member of that committee who is required to be removed under Section 7413.

article: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7470

text: Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a district committee, the district committee shall notify within 10 days the chairperson of the county central committee who shall file a notice of the appointment with the elections official 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: 5. District Committees


citation: ELEC § 7500

text: This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the American Independent Party of California.


citation: ELEC § 7550

text:
The state convention shall consist of one delegate for each of the following officers:

(a) Governor.

(b) Lieutenant Governor.

(c) Treasurer.

(d) Controller.

(e) Attorney General.

(f) Secretary of State.

(g) All members of the State Board of Equalization.

(h) All Senators and Representatives of Congress from California.

(i) All Members of the Legislature.

(j) National committeemen and committeewomen.

(k) Chairperson and state vice chairperson of the state central committee.

chapter: 2. State Convention

article: 1. Delegates

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 2. State Convention > 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7551

text:
The state convention shall be composed of the following delegates:

(a) Each officer named in Section 7550 who was nominated and elected as a candidate of the party and whose term of office extends beyond the first Monday in December in the case of legislators and the Monday after January 1 in the case of other officers next following the direct primary election, or the appointee or successor appointed, elected, or otherwise designated by law to fill a vacancy in the office of any such officer. These delegates are “holdover delegates.”

(b) Each candidate of the party in whose behalf nomination papers were filed and who was nominated at the direct primary election by that party. These delegates are “nominee delegates.” Nominees for an office the term of which extends beyond two years are delegates to each succeeding state convention until that following the direct primary election at which nominations for the office are again to be made. If a candidate is a “nominee delegate” to the state convention held in the year in which he or she is nominated, and is elected to the office at the succeeding general election, he or she shall be considered a “holdover delegate” to the state convention of his or her party in the next odd-numbered year, if his or her party is required to hold the convention.

(c) One delegate appointed for each of the officers named in Section 7550 not represented by a “holdover delegate” nor by a “nominee delegate” of the party. These delegates shall be chosen and appointed in the manner provided in this chapter for filing vacancies in the state convention and shall be known as “appointive delegates.”

article: 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7555

text: Membership in the state convention shall not be granted to any party nominee unless he or she is registered as being a member of this party.

article: 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7556

text:
A vacancy exists in the membership under any of the following circumstances:

(a) When there is no “holdover delegate” nor “nominee delegate” of the party.

(b) When any nominee is disqualified for membership under the provisions of Section 7555 or for any other reason stated in this division.

(c) When no nomination for an elective office has been made.

(d) When a delegate dies prior to the convention.

article: 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7557

text:
Delegates shall be appointed to fill vacancies in the membership as follows:

(a) If the vacancy occurs in a senatorial or Assembly district situated wholly within the limits of a single county, by appointment by the county central committee of the party in the county. Whenever a vacancy occurs by reason of the failure to nominate a person affiliated with the party, no person shall be chosen to fill the vacancy who does not reside in the senatorial or Assembly district involved.

(b) If the vacancy occurs in a senatorial or Assembly district comprising two or more counties, parts of two or more counties, or one or more counties and parts of one or more counties, by appointment by the county central committee representing more voters affiliated with the American Independent Party than does any other county central committee in the district.

(c) If there is no county central committee qualified to act, or the qualified county central committee fails to act, under the provisions of subdivision (a) or (b) of this section, the appointment shall be made by the state central committee of the party.

(d) If the vacancy occurs as to a delegate for a United States Senator from California or as to a delegate for any of the state officers named in Section 7550 by appointment by the state central committee of the party.

(e) If the vacancy occurs as to a delegate for any Representative in Congress from California, by appointment by the state central committee of the party of a voter who resides within the congressional district to be represented.

article: 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7559

text: A county central committee may authorize its chairperson to appoint delegates to fill vacancies in the membership of party state conventions that the county central committee has power to fill.

article: 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7561

text: If a person is a delegate to the state convention and qualified independently of that fact to be a delegate to the same state convention, he or she shall be a delegate by reason of the most recent election at which he or she becomes a delegate. The resulting vacancy shall be filled pursuant to Section 7557.

article: 1. Delegates


citation: ELEC § 7570

text: The state convention shall meet biennially, at a location designated by the state central committee, at 10 a.m. on a Saturday following the direct primary election, but in no event later than August 15.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 2. Meetings

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 2. State Convention > 2. Meetings


citation: ELEC § 7575

text: The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the state central committee at 10 a.m. of the day designated for the convention. It shall at once proceed to the election of a chairperson. The election shall be by alphabetical rollcall, if requested by a petition signed by 50 members. The convention shall elect other officers as the convention may determine.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 724, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 3. General Business

path: 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS > 2. State Convention > 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7576

text: The chairperson shall appoint a committee consisting of one delegate from each senatorial district, which shall serve as the committee on credentials of the convention, and he or she shall appoint other committees as the convention may direct.

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

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7577

text: The convention, upon election of permanent officers, shall adopt a state platform for this party. This platform shall be made public upon its adoption.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7578

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 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, and one alternate elector for each of those electors, for the purposes of Chapter 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6. The convention shall certify the name of each elector and alternate elector nominated, and each elector’s residence address to the Secretary of State.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 11. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7579

text: The vote on any issue at the convention, including the election of officers, may be by rollcall or any other method as may be prescribed by the convention.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7580

text: The proceedings at the convention shall be governed by any manual of parliamentary procedure designated by the convention.

article: 3. General Business


citation: ELEC § 7600

text:
The state central committee shall consist of all of the following persons:

(a) All delegates to the state convention.

(b) The chairperson of each county central committee of the party.

(c) Members appointed pursuant to this part.

(d) Any person nominated to fill a vacancy in a partisan office in a special election.

article: 1. Members

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


citation: ELEC § 7603

text: Each delegate to the state convention shall appoint to membership on this committee one voter of the same sex as the delegate and two voters of the opposite sex. These appointments when so made shall be absolute.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7604

text: A delegate to the state convention who at the date of that state convention is the incumbent of any of the offices listed in Section 7550 may appoint, without regard to sex, two additional voters to membership on this committee of this party.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7605

text: Any person who is a member of this committee by virtue of having been nominated to fill a vacancy in a partisan office in a special election, shall within 60 days of the special election, appoint members to this committee in the same manner as delegates to the state convention make those appointments.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7608

text:
Each delegate to the state convention shall send a notice by mail to each person whom he or she has appointed as a member of this committee, that will inform him or her that:

(a) He or she is a member of the committee.

(b) The committee will meet in Sacramento and the date of the meeting.

(c) The meeting may be attended either in person or by proxy.

(d) The proxy shall be in writing, and signed by the member under penalty of perjury.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7609

text: A person is not eligible for appointment to this committee if he or she is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7610

text: This committee may remove any member who, during his or her term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another party. This committee may also remove any appointed member who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of the party for any office, or who publicly gives support to 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 § 7611

text: In the event of the appointment of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of this committee dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of the committee’s party, a vacancy exists that shall be filled in the manner prescribed in Section 7612. A vacancy shall also exist on this committee when a member is removed from the committee pursuant to Section 7642, or Section 7610, and the vacancy shall be filled in the manner prescribed in Section 7612, the member to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of the member removed.

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7612

text:
Should a member appointed to membership pursuant to Section 7603 or 7604 cease to be a member for any of the reasons specified in Section 7611, the vacancy shall be filled by the person who appointed him or her, unless that person is himself or herself no longer a member of this committee or indicates that he or she does not wish to fill the vacancy, in which instances the committee shall do so.

Notice shall be given by the committee to a person entitled to fill a vacancy under this section as soon as possible after the occurrence of the vacancy.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 199, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 1. Members


citation: ELEC § 7613

text: In the event the appointment of alternate or associate members is authorized by statute or the rules of the committee, this committee shall supply forms to the members for the appointment of those members. The forms shall be in substantially the same language as set forth in Section 7602, and shall contain suitable spaces wherein there can be listed the addresses and the numbers of the congressional, Assembly, and senatorial districts in which the appointees reside.

article: 1. Members