Article 2. Qualification Of Candidates For Presidential Preference Portion Of Primary Ballot of California Elections Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.
The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate
upon the Green Party presidential preference ballot when the
Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally
advocated for or recognized throughout the United States or
California as actively seeking the presidential nomination of the
Green Party or the national political party with which the Green
Party is affiliated.
On or before the 150th day preceding a presidential primary
election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class
mail to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State informing
her or him that, while a response is not required, any information
she or he wishes to submit will be considered by the Secretary of
State in the determination of candidates to be placed on the Green
Party presidential preference primary ballot pursuant to Section
6851.
On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary
election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and
distribute to the news media for publication a list of the candidates
she or he intends to place on the ballot at the following
presidential primary election. Following this announcement, the
Secretary of State may add candidates to her or his selection, but
she or he may not delete any candidate whose name appears on the
announced list. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the list
and any subsequent additions to the list to the Green Party Liaison
to the Secretary of State.
When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a
candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6851 and 6852, the
Secretary of State shall notify the candidate that her or his name
will appear on the Green Party presidential preference primary
ballot.
If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with
the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the
presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that
she or he is not a candidate for the office of President of the
United States at the forthcoming presidential primary election, the
name of that candidate shall be omitted from the list of names
certified by the Secretary of State to the elections official for the
ballot and the name of that candidate shall not appear on the
presidential preference portion of the primary ballot.
An unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name
placed on the presidential preference primary ballot shall have
nomination papers circulated on her or his behalf. In order to
qualify the name of that candidate for placement on the presidential
preference primary ballot, the nomination papers of the candidate
shall be signed by voters registered as preferring the Green Party
equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons
registered as preferring the Green Party as reflected in the report
of registration issued by the Secretary of State on the 135th day
before the presidential primary election.