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DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 6000-6954›PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 6000-6864›CHAPTER 2. Republican Presidential Primary 6300-6480›ARTICLE 4. Nomination Papers 6360-6365

§ 6365

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.
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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 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.
NumberSignaturePrinted nameResidence
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etc.
CIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT
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 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.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____________ day of ____________, 20 ____.
(SEAL) Notary Public (or other official)

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 6. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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