{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-6586","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 6586","heading":"","body":"The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form:\nSECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY CANDIDATE\nSection ____________ Page ____________\nCounty of ______________. Nomination paper of a presidential preference candidate for the American Independent Party presidential primary ballot.\nState of California County of ⎱ ⎰ ss.\nSIGNER’S STATEMENT\nI, the undersigned, am a voter of the County of ____________, State of California, and am registered as intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party. I hereby nominate ____________ for the presidential preference portion of the American Independent Party’s presidential primary ballot, to be voted for at the presidential primary to be held on the ____________ day of ____________, 20____. I have not signed the nomination paper of any other candidate for the same office, or for any group of delegates, to the national convention of the party, and I further declare that I intend to support the candidate named herein.\nNumber Signature Printed name Residence\n1.\n2.\n3.\netc.\nCIRCULATOR’S AFFIDAVIT\nI, ______, 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 a candidate in the presidential preference primary of the American Independent Party; that all the signatures on this section of the nomination paper numbered from 1 to ____, inclusive, were made in my presence, that the signatures were obtained between ____, 20_, and ____, 20_, 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. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.\n(Signed) Circulator","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [6000. - 6954.]","PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES [6000. - 6884.]","CHAPTER 3. American Independent Party Presidential Primary [6500. - 6647.]","ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination Papers [6580. - 6599.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"2260750ac0a6afbcf67bd43fd59b92e67b93e7f8313c61b21ef5726474fe55da","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-6585","next":"us-ca/elec-6587"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}