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Effective Jan 1, 2026Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 300, Sec. 5. (AB 1392) Effective January 1, 2026.
(a) Every person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have their name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a particular office shall file both of the following:
(1) A statement of write-in candidacy that contains the following information:
- (A) Candidate’s name.
- (B) Residence address.
- (C) A declaration stating that they are a write-in candidate.
- (D) The title of the office for which they are running.
- (E) The party nomination which they seek, if running in a partisan primary election.
- (F) The date of the election.
- (G) A certification of the candidate’s complete voter registration and party affiliation/preference history for the preceding 10 years, or for as long as they have been eligible to vote in the state if less than 10 years, if running for a voter-nominated office.
- (H) For any of the offices described in Section 13.5, a statement that the candidate meets the statutory and constitutional requirements for that office as described in that section.
- (2) The requisite number of signatures on the nomination papers, if any, required pursuant to Sections 8062, 10220, and 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.
- (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be a write-in candidate at the general election for a voter-nominated office.
- (c) A write-in candidate shall have their residence address, telephone number, and email address appearing on the affidavit of registration made confidential in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 2166.9. If a candidate does not state the candidate’s residence address on the statement of write-in 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.