Elec. Code, § 6857 · Article 3. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers
Elec. Code, § 6857
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 primary 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 Green Party presidential preference 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 preferring the Green Party. I hereby nominate ____________ for the presidential preference portion of the Green Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential preference primary 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
______
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
etc.
CIRCULATOR’S DECLARATION
I, ________, affirm all of the following: 1. That I am 18 years of age or older. 2. That my residence address, including street 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 Green 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. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 103. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.
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