Party Affiliation of Candidates for Partisan Office
SECTION 2: NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS

     

No declaration of candidacy for a partisan office or for membership on a county central commit-tee shall be filed by a candidate unless (1) at the time of presentation of the declaration and continuously for not less than three months immediately prior to that time, or for as long as he or she has been eligible to register to vote in the state, the candidate is shown by his or her affidavit of registration to be affiliated with the political party the nomination of which he or she seeks, and (2) the candidate has not been registered with a qualified political party other than that political party the nomination of which he or she seeks within 12 months immediately prior to the filing of the declaration. §8001(a) This party affiliation requirement is not applicable for candidates of political parties participating in their first direct primary election subsequent to their qualification as political parties. §8001(b) The county elections official shall attach a certificate to the declaration of candidacy showing the date on which the candidate registered as intending to affiliate with the political party the nomination of which he or she seeks, and indicating that the candidate has not been affiliated with any other qualified political party for the 12-month period immediately preceding the filing of the declaration. The provisions of this section shall not apply to declarations of candidacy filed by a candidate of a political party partici-pat-ing in its first direct primary election subsequent to its qualifica-tion as a political party pursuant to the provisions of Section 5100. §8001(b) "Party" means a political party or organization which has qualified for participation in any primary election. The parties qualified to participate in the March 7, 2000 Primary Election at the time this document was published are: (1) Democratic, (2) Republican, (3) American Independent, (4) Green, (5) Libertarian, (6) Natural Law and (7) Reform. §338

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