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Elec. Code, § 6857 · Article 3. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers

Elec. Code, § 6857

Verbatim from the official edition

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.

Source of truth

Edition
As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=ELEC&sectionNum=6857.
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