Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11
DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS 8000-8903›PART 2. INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS 8300-8550›CHAPTER 3. Nomination Papers 8400-8409
§ 8409
California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form:
| County of _______. Nomination paper of ______, candidate for the office of _______. | ||
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| SIGNER’S STATEMENT | ||
| I, undersigned, am a voter of the County of ______, State of California. I hereby nominate __________, who resides at No. ______, ________ Street, City of ________, County of ______, State of California, as a candidate for the office of _______ to be voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of ___, 20. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office. |
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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 ________ as candidate for the office of ______; that the signatures were obtained between _____, 20, and ______, 20; that I saw all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being signed and that, to the best of my information 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) |
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(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 16. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
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