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DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 6000-6954›PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 6000-6884›CHAPTER 3. American Independent Party Presidential Primary 6500-6647›ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination Papers 6580-6599
§ 6586
California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:
| SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY CANDIDATE | ||
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| Section ____________ Page ____________ | ||
| County of ______________. Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the American Independent Party presidential primary ballot. | ||
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| 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 American Independent Party. I hereby nominate ____________ for the presidential preference portion of the American Independent Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____________ day of ________, 20. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates, to the national convention of the party, and I further declare that I intend to support the candidate named herein. |
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| CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT | |
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| I, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following: 1. That I am 18 years of age or older. 2. That my residence address, including street and 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 American Independent 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. | |
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(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 8. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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