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(a) Any candidate for municipal office filing nomination papers and a declaration of candidacy shall do so under the candidate’s legal name.
(b) A candidate’s legal name is the name given at birth, or established by marriage, general usage or habit, or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction. A candidate’s legal name may include a nickname, a combination of initials, full names, or individual letters or numerals.
(c) If a candidate changes his or her legal name within one year of any election, the candidate shall not file nomination papers or a declaration of candidacy under the candidate’s new name unless the new name was established by marriage or divorce, or by decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Added by Ord. 429-97, App. 11/17/97; amended by Ord. 8-19, File No. 181029, App. 1/25/2019, Eff. 2/25/2019)
(a) Content and Form of Statement. Candidates may file a candidate qualification statement including the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a description of no more than 200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications as expressed by the candidate. To ensure that all statements are filed in a uniform format, the statement shall be in a manner specified and on a form provided by the Director of Elections for this purpose.
(b) Deadline for Submission of Statement. Candidates who choose to submit a candidate qualification statement shall file the statement with the Department of Elections when the candidate returns his or her nomination papers for filing.
(c) Inclusion of Nominators and Supporters. The candidate qualification statement may but need not include the names of some or all of the candidate's nominators. The statement may also include the names of individuals and entities which support the candidate but which did not serve as nominators. However, the names of such supporters shall not be published as part of the candidate's qualification statement unless the candidate provides the supporter's written authorization at the time the statement is submitted to the Director of Elections. The authorization shall be in a form prescribed by the Director of Elections. If the candidate chooses to include the names of nominators or other supporters in the candidate qualification statement, these names shall be counted toward the 200-word limit.
(d) Limitations. The candidate qualification statement shall not include the party affiliation of the candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations.
(e) Withdrawal of Statement. A candidate for Mayor or the Board of Supervisors may withdraw, but not change, his or her candidate qualification statement by filing with the Director of Elections a signed and sworn statement of withdrawal no later than 5:00 p.m. of the 126th day prior to the election. A candidate for any other City elective office may withdraw, but not change, his or her candidate qualification statement by filing with the Director of Elections a signed and sworn statement of withdrawal no later than 5:00 p.m. of the sixty-seventh day prior to the election.
(Added by Ord. 429-97, App. 11/17/97; amended by Ord. 92-02, File No. 020596, App. 6/14/2002; Ord. 291-06, File No. 061375, App. 11/29/2006; Ord. 50-13
, File No. 120899, App. 3/28/2013, Eff. 4/27/2013)
(a) Except where the Charter or this Code provides otherwise, the applicable provisions of Division 8, Part 1, Chapter 1 of the California Elections Code shall govern the collection, submission, and processing of signatures in lieu of filing fees.
(b) Each candidate shall pay to the Director of Elections at the time of filing the candidate’s nomination certificates the fee specified in Section 810 of this Code.
(c) In lieu of part or all of the filing fee, a candidate may submit to the Director of Elections signatures of voters registered in San Francisco. Each signature submitted shall reduce the fee by the amount specified in Section 840 of this Code. Each in-lieu petition shall include spaces for the voter’s signature, printed name, and residence address. The residence address shall include street and number within the City and County, or other adequate designation of residence so that the location may be readily ascertained. Across the top of each printed page there shall be printed in 12-point boldface type the following: “Petition in Lieu of Candidate Filing Fee.”
(d) A candidate may submit a greater number of signatures than required to reduce the filing fee to zero. The Director of Elections shall not be required to determine the validity of a greater number of signatures than that required to reduce the filing fee to zero. If the number of signatures affixed to an in-lieu petition is 100 or more, the Director of Elections may use a random sampling technique for verification of the signatures. The random sampling shall include an examination of 100 signatures, or 3% of the total number of signatures submitted, whichever is greater. Upon completion of the verification of signatures in the sample, the percentage of signatures which are valid shall be applied and projected to the total number of signatures submitted.
In the event the Director of Elections refuses to accept for filing a declaration of candidacy, petition in lieu of filing fee or nomination certificate, the Director of Elections shall forthwith state in writing on the declaration, petition or certificate the nature of the defect, or other reason for refusing to accept the same, and shall return the same to the party tendering it. No defect in any declaration, petition or certificate presented to the Director of Elections shall prevent the filing of another declaration, petition or certificate within the period allowed for presenting the declaration, petition or certificate.
(Added by Ord. 429-97, App. 11/17/97)
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