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  • California Elections Code
    • ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 6100-6108

6100.  This article shall govern the circulation of nomination
papers to qualify unselected candidates and uncommitted delegations
for placement on the presidential primary ballot.



6101.  Nomination papers to be circulated pursuant to Section 6061
shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and verified and shall be left
for examination with the county elections official of the county in
which they are circulated at least 63 days prior to the presidential
primary election.


6102.  Upon the filing of nomination papers pursuant to Section 6061
signed by the required number of voters, the candidate or
uncommitted delegation named in the papers shall be eligible to
select a delegation for placement on the ballot which shall be voted
upon in the presidential primary election.



6103.  Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the
presidential primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the
chairperson of the steering committee of each unselected candidate or
uncommitted delegation of that fact and advise him or her that no
more signatures will be received.



6104.  Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper.
Each signer shall print his or her name, indicate his or her place of
residence, and declare his or her intention to support the candidate
or delegation named on the nomination paper.



6105.  Any nomination paper may be presented in sections.  Each
section shall contain the name of the candidate or chairperson of the
steering committee in the case of uncommitted delegations.  Each
section shall bear the name of the county in which it is circulated.
Only voters of the county registered as intending to affiliate with
the Democratic Party are competent to sign.



6106.  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures
numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who
obtained signatures to it, stating that all the signatures to the
attached section were made in his or her presence, and that to the
best of his or her knowledge and belief each signature to the section
is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
  No other affidavit is required.  The affidavit of any circulator
shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to
administer oaths.


6107.  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the
signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters,
until it is otherwise proved by comparison of the signatures with the
affidavits of registration in the office of the county elections
official.



6108.  The nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot
shall be in substantially the following form:


             SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON
                 BEHALF OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OR
                         UNCOMMITTED DELEGATE

                        Section ____  Page ___

  County of ______.   Nomination paper of a candidate or uncommitted
  delegation for the presidential primary ballot.

  State of California   )
  County of _________   )  ss.

                          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
  Democratic Party.  I hereby nominate ____ for the presidential
  primary to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__.  I have not
signed
  the nomination paper of any other candidate or uncommitted
  delegation, and I further declare that I intend to support the
  candidate or uncommitted delegation named herein.
  ___________________________________________________________________

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  Number      Signature      Printed name          Residence
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    1.  ___________________________________________________________
    2.  ___________________________________________________________
    3.  ___________________________________________________________
   etc. ___________________________________________________________
  ___________________________________________________________________


                        CIRCULATOR'S AFFIDAVIT

     I, ____, solemnly swear (or affirm) that I secured signatures in

  the County of ____ to the nomination paper of a candidate or
  uncommitted delegation for the presidential primary ballot named in

  the signer's statement above; that all the signatures on this
  section of the nomination paper numbered from 1 to __, inclusive,
  were made in my presence, 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.  The signatures were obtained between ____,

  20__ and ____, 20__.
                         (Signed) ___________________________________

                                             Circulator

     Subscribed and sworn to before me this _______ day of _________,

  20__.
                                _____________________________________

     (SEAL)                       Notary Public (or other official)