Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form:

County of _______.Nomination paper of ______, candidate for the office of _______.

Terms Used In California Elections Code 8409

  • candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
  • Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
  • Nominate: means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office. See California Elections Code 332.5
  • Signature: includes either of the following:

    California Elections Code 354.5

  • Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359

State of California

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SIGNER’S STATEMENT

I, undersigned, am a voter of the County of ______, State of California. I hereby nominate __________, who resides at No. ______, ________ Street, City of ________, County of ______, State of California, as a candidate for the office of _______ to be voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of ______, 20___. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office.

 

 

 

 

 

Number Signature

 

Printed Name

 

Residence

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 3. 

 

 

 4. 

 

 

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etc.

 

 

CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT

I, ________, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following:

1.That I am 18 years of age or older.

2.That my residence address, including street and number, is
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  [If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is
.]

3.That I secured signatures in the County of ______ to the nomination paper of ________ as candidate for the office of ______; that the signatures were obtained between _______, 20__, and ________, 20__; that I saw all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being signed and that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

_____ (Signed) Circulator

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20__.

(SEAL) _____

Notary Public (or other official)

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 16. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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