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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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 ______. | |||
State of California | } | ss. | |
County of ____________ | } | ||
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. | |||
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ | |||
Number | Signature | Printed Name | Residence | |
_________________________________________________________________________________________________ | ||||
1. | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | |
2. | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | |
3. | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | |
4. | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | |
5. | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | _____________________________ | |
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 ______ 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. | |
* * * | |
(Signed) __________________________________________________ | ||
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ____ day of ____, 20____. | ||
___________________________________________________________ | ||
(SEAL) | Notary Public (or other official) |
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Elections Code - ELEC § 8409 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/elections-code/elec-sect-8409/
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