Elec. Code, § 6786 · Article 5. Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers
Elec. Code, § 6786
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 Peace and Freedom 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 affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party. I hereby nominate ________ for the presidential preference portion of the Peace and Freedom Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ______ day of June, 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, with which the Peace and Freedom Party of California is affiliated on the national level.
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Number Signature Printed name Residence street address /city
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1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
etc. ______
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CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
I, ______, 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 Peace and Freedom 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. Executed at ____, California, this ____ day of ____, 20_.
(Signed) ______ Circulator______ (Printed name)______
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 11. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.
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