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    • ELECTIONS CODE SECTION 8040-8041

8040.  (a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be
substantially as follows:


                         DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY

      I hereby declare myself a ____ Party 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 affiliation, 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

    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) A candidate for a judicial office may not be required to state
his or her residential address on the declaration of candidacy.
However, in cases where the candidate does not state his or her
residential address on the declaration of candidacy, the elections
official shall verify whether his or her address is within the
appropriate political subdivision and add the notation "verified"
where appropriate.



8041.  (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the
following form:
      NOMINATION PAPER

   I, the undersigned signer for ______ for the ____ Party nomination
to the office of ____, to be voted for at the primary election to be
held on the ____ day of ____, 20__, hereby assert as follows:
   I am a resident of ____ County and registered to vote at the
address shown on this paper and affiliated with the ____ Party.  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) that the signatures on this
section of the nomination paper were obtained between _____, 20__,
and _____, 20__; that I circulated the petition and I saw 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.
   My voting residence is ________.


           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 his or her
possession which is entitled to be filed under Section 18202 of the
Elections Code.