Elec. Code, § 6586 · Article 5. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination Papers
Elec. Code, § 6586
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY CANDIDATE
Section ____________ Page ____________
County of ______________. Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the American Independent Party presidential primary ballot.
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 American Independent Party. I hereby nominate ____________ for the presidential preference portion of the American Independent Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____________ day of ____________, 20____. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates, to the national convention of the party, and I further declare that I intend to support the candidate named herein.
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Number______Signature______Printed name______Residence
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 a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the American Independent Party; 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. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
(Signed)______Circulator______
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 8. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.
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