Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left for examination with the county elections official of the county in which they are circulated at least 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
Republican Presidential PrimaryNomination Papers
Section § 6360
If you're preparing nomination papers for the presidential primary, they need to be properly filled out, circulated, signed, and checked. Then, you must submit them to the county elections official at least 81 days before the primary date for examination.
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Section § 6361
When signing a nomination paper, each person can only sign one paper. They must also state that they intend to support the nominated candidate, include their address, and provide a street and number if available.
Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his or her intention to support the candidate for nomination, add his or her place of residence, and give his or her street and number if any.
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Section § 6362
This law says you can split a nomination paper into different sections. Each section needs to include the candidate's name and the county's name where it's being circulated. Only voters registered with the political party that's making the nomination can sign the nomination paper.
Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the names of the candidate. Each section shall bear the name of the county in which it is circulated. Only voters of the county registered as intending to affiliate with the political party by which the nominations are to be made are competent to sign.
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Section § 6363
This law section requires each petition section to have lines that are numbered for signatures, and it must include an affidavit from the person who collected the signatures. This affidavit must follow all the rules stated in another section of the law, Section 104. Importantly, no other affidavit is needed, and the circulator's affidavit can be verified for free by any officer who is authorized to give oaths.
Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirements of Section 104. No other affidavit is required. The affidavit of any circulator shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to administer oaths.
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Section § 6364
This law states that once a nomination paper is verified, it is initially assumed that all the signatures on it are authentic and belong to registered voters. This assumption stands unless a comparison with official voter registration records shows otherwise.
A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise proved by comparison of the signatures with the affidavits of registration in the office of the county elections official.
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Section § 6365
This section outlines the format for a nomination paper used by a voter to support a candidate running as a presidential nominee for the Republican Party in California. The voter must affirm their intent to affiliate with and support the party's candidate at the primary. The nomination paper requires the voter's signature, printed name, and residence.
There is also a circulator's affidavit, where the person collecting these signatures must confirm they are at least 18 years old, provide their address, state that they personally witnessed all signatures collected in a specific county, and confirm the signatures' authenticity. The affidavit must be signed and can be notarized or sworn to before an official.
The nomination paper for a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
BEHALF OF CANDIDATE
BEHALF OF CANDIDATE
Section ____________Page ____________
County of __________. Nomination paper for ____________ as presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
State of California
County of
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SIGNER’S STATEMENT
I, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____________, State of California, and am registered as intending to affiliate with the Republican Party. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidates for the same office, and further declare that I intend to support the nomination of the candidate named herein at
the Republican Party presidential primary to be held on the ____________ day of ____________, 20____.
Number
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Signature
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Printed name
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Residence
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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
.]
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[If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is
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3.That I secured signatures in the County of ________ to the nomination paper of the candidate named in the signer’s statement above as candidate for nomination by the Republican Party at its presidential primary election; that all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered from 1 to ____________, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the signatures were obtained between ____________, 20__, and ____________, 20__, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(Signed)
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Circulator
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____________ day of ____________, 20 ____.
(SEAL)
Notary Public (or other official)
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