SECTIONS 6560-6568 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 6560-6568

6560. Any three or more voters of the state who are registered as
intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party may join
as a committee in proposing the nomination of a group of candidates
for delegates. The committee may elect its officers, select the
candidates for delegates, select the chairman of the committee,
secure the endorsement of the person, if any, preferred by the
committee as candidate for presidential nominee, appoint alternates,
assemble and file all necessary papers, and take all other action
which may be necessary for the organization and election of the
group. The committee in performing its functions may act through its
officers or designated representatives.

6561. The committee, on or before the 104th day before the
presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State
a statement containing the name of the committee and the names of
its officers.

6562. The number of candidates for delegates grouped on a
nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to
be elected by the party.

6563. The candidates of each group shall be selected as follows:
(a) No less than two-thirds shall be selected to represent
congressional districts, and each of these candidates shall be a
resident of the district which he or she is selected to represent.
Congressional district candidates shall be apportioned among
congressional districts according to the ratio which the American
Independent Party registration in the district bears to the total
statewide registration of the party as determined by the Secretary of
State on January 1 of the year in which the presidential primary is
held, except that at least one candidate in the group shall be a
resident of each congressional district.
(b) No more than one-third may be selected from the state at large
without regard to congressional district of residence.
If the names are not so selected, the names shall not be certified
to the county elections official by the Secretary of State.

6564. The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater
than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in
the manner prescribed by Section 6563.

6565. Each group of candidates for delegates that intends to pledge
itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential
nominee shall have the endorsement of the candidate for presidential
nominee for whom the members of the group have filed a preference.
The endorsement of the candidate for presidential nominee shall be
filed with the Secretary of State before the circulation of any
nomination papers of a group of candidates pledged to the support of
his or her candidacy as presidential nominee.

6566. Any candidate whose nomination paper is filed in more than
one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.

6567. Each candidate for delegate to the American Independent Party
convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the
circulation of nomination papers of the group of candidates of which
he or she is a member, an affidavit which shall be in substantially
the following form:
AFFIDAVIT OF CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE

State of )
California ) ss.
County of ____________

I, ____, reside at No. ____ Street, in the City (or Town) of ____,
in the County of ____ in the ____ Congressional District, State of
California; my election precinct is ____ and I reside and am a voter
therein, my post office address is ____, County of ____.
I desire to be a candidate, at the presidential primary to be held
on the ____ day of ____, 19__, for delegate to the next national
convention of the American Independent Party, and if elected as
delegate I will qualify.
I personally prefer ____ as nominee of the American Independent
Party for President of the United States, and hereby declare to the
voters of my party in the State of California that if elected as
delegate to their national party convention, I shall to the best of
my judgment and ability, support ____ as nominee of the American
Independent Party for president of the United States. (This statement
of preference shall be omitted where the candidate for delegate is
part of a group not expressing a preference for a particular
candidate.)
I express no preference for a particular candidate. The chairman
of my group is ____. (This statement shall be omitted where the
candidate for delegate is part of a group expressing a preference for
a particular candidate.)
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
correct.
(Signed) ___________________________

6568. Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be
signed by voters registered as affiliated with the American
Independent Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the
number of persons registered as members of the American Independent
Party as reflected in the report of registration issued by the
Secretary of State on the 135th day preceding the presidential
primary election.