SECTIONS 6360-6365 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 6360-6365

6360. Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed and
verified shall be left, for examination, with the county elections
official of the county in which they are circulated, at least 74 days
prior to the presidential primary.

6361. Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. He
or she shall declare his or her intention to support the candidate
for nomination, add his or her place of residence, and give his or
her street and number if any.

6362. Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each
section shall contain the names of the candidate. Each section shall
bear the name of the county in which it is circulated. Only voters of
the county registered as intending to affiliate with the political
party by which the nominations are to be made are competent to sign.

6363. Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures
numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who
obtained signatures to it, stating that all the signatures to the
attached section were made in his or her presence, and that to the
best of his or her knowledge and belief each signature to the section
is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
No other affidavit is required. The affidavit of any circulator
shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to
administer oaths.

6364. A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the
signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters,
until it is otherwise proved by comparison of the signatures with the
affidavits of registration in the office of the county elections
official.

6365. The nomination paper for a candidate shall be in
substantially the following form:

SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
BEHALF OF CANDIDATE
Section ____ Page ____
County of ____. Nomination paper for ____ as
presidential
nominee of the Republican Party.
State of )
California ) ss.
County of _______
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
Republican Party. I have not signed the
nomination paper of any
other candidates for the same office, and further
declare that I
intend to support the nomination of the candidate
named herein
at the Republican Party presidential primary to
be held on the
____ day of ____, 20_.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Number Signature
Printed name Residence
__________________________________________________
1. ______________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________
3. ______________________________________________
etc. _____________________________________________
CIRCULATOR'S AFFIDAVIT

I, ____, solemnly swear (or affirm) that I secured signatures in
the County of ____ to the nomination paper of the candidate
named in the signer's statement above as candidate for nomination
by the Republican Party at its presidential primary election;
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.

(Signed)________________________
Ci rculator
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of
____,
20 _.
________________________________
Notary Public (or other
(SEAL) official)