SECTIONS 6720-6726 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 6720-6726

6720. The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate
upon the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference ballot when
the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally
advocated for or recognized throughout the United States or
California as actively seeking the presidential nomination of the
Peace and Freedom Party or the national party with which the Peace
and Freedom Party is affiliated.

6721. On or before the 150th day preceding a presidential primary
election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class
mail to the Chairpersons of record of the Peace and Freedom Party
State and County Central Committees, informing them that, while a
response is not required, any information they wish to submit will be
considered by the Secretary of State in the determination of
candidates to be placed on the Peace and Freedom Party presidential
preference primary ballot pursuant to Section 6720.

6722. 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
she or he intends to place on the ballot at the following
presidential primary election. Following this announcement, the
Secretary of State may add to her or his selection, but she or he may
not delete any candidate whose name appears on the announced list.
The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the list and any
subsequent additions thereto to the Chairpersons of the Peace and
Freedom Party State and County Central Committees.

6723. When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a
candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6720 and 6722, the
Secretary of State shall notify the candidate that her or his name
will appear on the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference
primary ballot of this state, but that a committee must be formed,
delegates certified, and a petition filed pursuant to this chapter in
order to have her or his name appear on the delegate selection
portion of the presidential primary ballot.
The Secretary of State shall also notify the candidate that she or
he may withdraw her or his name from the ballot by filing with the
Secretary of State an affidavit pursuant to Section 6724, no later
than the 68th day before that election.

6724. If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with
the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the
presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that
she or he is not a candidate for the office of President of the
United States at the forthcoming presidential primary election, the
name of that candidate shall be omitted from the list of names
certified by the Secretary of State to the elections official for the
ballot and the name of that candidate shall not appear on the
presidential preference portion of the primary ballot.

6725. Any unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name
placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a
group of candidates for delegates, shall have nomination papers
circulated on her or his behalf. In order to qualify the name of that
candidate for placement on the presidential preference primary
ballot, the nomination papers of the candidate shall be signed by
voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party
equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons
registered as members of the Peace and Freedom Party as reflected in
the report of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the
135th day preceding the presidential primary election.

6726. Whenever a group of candidates for delegates pledged to a
particular presidential candidate qualifies by petition for the
national convention delegate selection portion of the presidential
primary ballot, the name of the presidential candidate to whom the
group is pledged shall automatically be placed on the presidential
preference portion of the ballot, without the filing of a separate
petition for the presidential preference portion of the ballot.