Cal. Elections Code § 10226
Cal. Elections Code § 10226
California · California Elections Code · Status: effective · Effective 2025-01-01
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- Cal. Elections Code § 10226, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/808733
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(a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the following form:
NOMINATION PAPER
I, the undersigned signer for ______ for nomination to the office of ____, to be voted for at the municipal election to be held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, hereby assert as follows:
I am a resident of the municipality of ____ and registered to vote at the address shown on this paper. I am not at this time a signer of any other nomination paper of any other candidate for the above-named office, or in case there are several places to be filled in the above-named office, I have not signed more nomination papers than there are places to be filled in the above-named office. My residence is correctly set forth after my signature hereto:
Name
Residence
(b) The affidavit of the circulator shall read as follows:
AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCULATOR
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 the signatures on this section of the nomination paper were obtained between _____, 20__, and _____, 20__; that I circulated the petition and I witnessed the signatures on this section of the nomination paper being written; 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
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___________ day of _____________, 20__.
(SEAL) Notary Public (or other official)
Examined and certified by me this ___________ day of _____________, 20__.
Elections Official
WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any nomination paper in the person’s possession which is entitled to be filed under Section 18202 of the Elections Code.