[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd Msg [GPCA Official Notice] Memorandum about County Council elections

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This is an announcement from the GPCA Contact List.  

To: County Contacts, Green Party of California

From: Larry  Cafiero, Liaison to the Secretary of State, Green Party  
of  California

Date: 11 November 2005

Re: 2006 Elections for County  Council – Green Party of California

For those choosing to run for a  seat on the County Council in a given  
county, here is a list of items  you should know. Items below are  
taken from the Elections Code for the  State of California and from  
the Bylaws of the Green Party of  California, and some counties –  
depending on size and/or bylaws  considerations – may have different  
electoral processes.

All  of which is to say, it is imperative that you check with your  
county  clerk and/or county elections department as well as your  
Green  Party county organization for details, schedules and  
deadlines that  may be unique to your county or county's Green Party   
organization.

For petitions and forms to be submitted on behalf of  your candidacy,  
contact your county clerk and/or county elections  department.

CANDIDATE NOMINATION PERIOD for the June 6, 2006 Primary  Election is  
February 13 to March 10: Persons who want to run for any  office on  
the ballot, including incumbents running for re-election,  must file  
Candidate Nomination Documents during this time period.  Forms are  
obtained from and filed with the County Clerk/Elections  Department.  
(California Elections Code §10510, 13307,  13311).

GREEN PARTY BYLAWS CONCERNING COUNTY COUNCILS: The section of  the  
state bylaws dealing with County Councils can be found in Section  4.  
References to the bylaws in each item below are in  parenthesis.

Number of signatures on a petition to file for candidacy:  The number  
of sponsors (signers of petition for candidacy) to be a  candidate for  
County Council shall be the LESSER of 20 validated  signatures of  
registered Greens or signatures totaling 2 percent of  the number of  
registered Greens in the County Council election  district (Section  
4-1.11a-b).

Number of members on a county  council: The number of members on a  
County Council is determined as  follows: If the county has less than  
150 registered Greens, the number  of members elected to that county's County 
Council will be three (3). Otherwise,  the number of  
members of a County Council to be elected shall the  GREATER of seven  
(7), or the integer nearest the resulting quotient  obtained by  
dividing 100 times the number of registered Greens in the  county by  
the number of registered Greens in the state (Section  4-1.3)

Registration figures are taken from the the statement of voters  and  
their political affiliations transmitted by the county clerks to  the  
Secretary of State on the 135th day prior to the primary  election  
(Section 4-1.2).

Nuts and bolts:

-- Candidates  have to be registered Green and must reside in the  
county in which  they are running (Section 4-1.9b).

-- Counties are encouraged to hold  caucuses to choose a slate of  
gender-balanced candidates (Section  4-1.1a)

-- For any further questions regarding Green Party policies on  County  
Councils, please refer to Section 4 of the bylaws of the Green  Party  
of California or contact the Liaison to the Secretary of State  at  
larrycafiero at cagreens.org

-- For any further questions  regarding an individual county's  
election rules and  laws,  contact your county clerk or registrar of   
voters.

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