Bill Text: CA AB1335 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections: write-in candidates.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1335 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB1335-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1335	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 8600 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1335, as introduced, Lieu. Elections: write-in candidates.
   Existing law requires that write-in candidates submit a statement
to the appropriate elections official containing specified
information about their candidacy.
   This bill would require that a write-in candidate for the office
of superior court judge include on the statement his or her
compliance with certain eligibility provisions for a judge of a court
of record.
   Because the bill would change the duties of local elections
officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8600 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   8600.   Every   A  person who desires to
be a write-in candidate and have his or her name as written on the
ballot of an election counted for a particular office shall file 
the following  :
   (a) A statement of write-in candidacy that contains the following
information:
   (1) Candidate's name.
   (2) Residence address.
   (3) A declaration stating that he or she is a write-in candidate.
   (4) The title of the office for which he or she is running.
   (5) The party nomination which he or she seeks, if running in a
primary election.
   (6) The date of the election. 
   (7) If for the office of superior court judge, a statement that
the person satisfies the eligibility requirements of Section 15 of
Article VI of the California Constitution. 
   (b) The requisite number of signatures on the nomination papers,
if any, required pursuant to  Sections   Section
 8062, 10220,  or  10510 or, in the case of a special
district not subject to the Uniform District Election Law (Part 4
(commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10), the number of
signatures required by the principal act of the district.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.