SECTIONS 6340-6343 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 6340-6343

6340. The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate
upon the Republican presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of
State has determined that the candidate is generally recognized
throughout the United States or California as a candidate for the
nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United
States.
On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary
election the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and
distribute to the news media for publication a list of the candidates
he or she intends to place on the ballot at the following
presidential primary election. Following this announcement he or she
may add candidates to his or her selection, but he or she may not
delete any candidate whose name appears on the announced list.

6341. When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a
candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6340, he or she shall
notify the candidate that his or her name will appear on the ballot
of this state in the presidential primary election.
The secretary shall also notify the candidate that he or she may
withdraw his or her name from the ballot by filing with the Secretary
of State an affidavit pursuant to Section 6342 no later than the
68th day before that election.

6342. If a selected candidate or a nonselected candidate files with
the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the
presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that
he or she is not now a candidate for the office of President of the
United States at the forthcoming presidential primary election, his
or her name shall be omitted from the list of names certified by the
Secretary of State to the county elections officials for the ballot
and his or her name shall not appear on the presidential primary
ballot.

6343. Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name
placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination
papers circulated in his or her behalf. In order to qualify his or
her name for placement on the presidential primary ballot, the
candidate's nomination papers shall be signed by voters registered as
affiliated with the Republican Party equal in number to not less
than 1 percent of the number of persons registered as members of the
Republican Party, as reflected in the report of registration issued
by the Secretary of State on the 135th day preceding the presidential
primary election.