Bill Text: CA AB1768 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Declaration of candidacy: residence address.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 130, Statutes of 2014. [AB1768 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1768-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1768	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  130
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 16, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 3, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 23, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to amend Section 8040 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1768, Fong. Declaration of candidacy: residence address.
    Existing law requires a candidate for public office to file a
declaration of candidacy that contains, among other things, the
residence address of the candidate. Existing law provides that a
candidate for judicial office is not required to state his or her
residence address on a declaration of candidacy. Existing law
requires an elections official to verify whether a candidate's
residence address is within the appropriate political subdivision and
add a specified notation on the declaration of candidacy if the
candidate does not state his or her residence address on the
declaration. Existing law provides specified procedures to make a
voter's registration information confidential, including a voter's
residence address.
   This bill would instead provide elections officials with the
discretion to allow a candidate for judicial office to withhold his
or her residence address from a declaration of candidacy. This bill
would also provide elections officials with the discretion to allow a
candidate for any office whose voter registration information is
confidential, as specified, to withhold his or her residence address
from a declaration of candidacy.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8040 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   8040.  (a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be
substantially as follows:
             DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
  I hereby declare myself a candidate for
nomination to the office of ________ District
Number ________ to be voted for at the primary
election to be held ________, 20__, and declare
the following to be true:
  My name is ___________________________________.
  I want my name and occupational designation to
appear on the ballot as follows:
______________________________________.
Addresses:
Residence ______________________________________
        _________________________________________
Business  ______________________________________
       __________________________________________
Mailing   ______________________________________
       __________________________________________
  Telephone numbers: Day _________ Evening
_________
  Web site:
_______________________________________
  I meet the statutory and constitutional
qualifications for this office (including, but
not limited to, citizenship, residency, and
party preference, if required).
  I am at present an incumbent of the following
public office
(if any) __________.
  If       nominated, I will accept the
nomination and not withdraw.
             ____________________________________
                        Signature of candidate


A candidate for voter-nominated office shall also
complete all of the following:
(1) I hereby certify that:
(a) At the time of presentation of this
declaration, as shown by my current affidavit of
registration, I have disclosed the following
political party preference, if any: _____________.
(b) My complete voter registration and party
affiliation/preference history, from (10 years
prior to current year) through the date of
signing this document, is as follows:
Party Registration County    Timeframe (by year)
__________________ _________ _____________________
__________________ _________ _____________________
__________________ _________ _____________________
(2) Pursuant to Section 8002.5 of the Elections
Code, select one of the following:
______ Party Preference: _____________________
(insert the name of the qualified       political
party as disclosed upon your affidavit of
registration).
______ Party Preference: None (if you have
declined to disclose a preference for a qualified
political party upon your affidavit of
registration).
                              Dated this ___ day
                              of _____, 20___.
                              _____________________
                                Signature of
                              candidate


State of California       )
County of ______________  ) ss.
                           )


  Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day
of ________, 20____.
       __________________________________________
             Notary Public (or other official)
  Examined and certified by me this ________ day
of ________, 20____.
           ______________________________________
                     County 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 declaration of
candidacy in his or her possession which is
entitled to be filed under the provisions of
the Elections Code       Section 18202.


   (b) At the discretion of the elections official,a candidate for a
judicial office, or a candidate for any office whose voter
registration information is confidential under Section 2166, 2166.5,
or 2166.7, may withhold his or her residence address from the
declaration of candidacy. If a candidate does not state his or her
residence address on the declaration of candidacy, the elections
official shall verify whether the candidate's address is within the
appropriate political subdivision and add the notation "verified"
where appropriate on the declaration.