Elec. Code, § 6365 · Article 4. Nomination Papers
Elec. Code, § 6365
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The nomination paper for a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATE
Section ____________ Page ____________
County of __________. Nomination paper for ____________ as presidential nominee of the Republican Party.
State of California County of ______ ⎱ ⎰ ss.
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____.
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Number______Signature______Printed name______Residence
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1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
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 ______. [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 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)______Circulator______
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____________ day of ____________, 20 ____.
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(SEAL) Notary Public (or other official)
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 6. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.
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