7100-7110

ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 7100-7110




7100.  In each year of the general election at which electors of
President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen,
each congressional nominee shall designate one presidential elector
and shall file his or her name, residence and business address with
the Secretary of State by October 1 of the presidential election
year. Each United States senatorial nominee, determined by the last
two United States senatorial elections, shall designate one
presidential elector and shall file his or her name, residence and
business address with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the
presidential election year. In the event there is no United States
senatorial nominee or no congressional nominee in any particular
district, the state chairperson shall designate one presidential
elector for each vacancy and shall file his or her name, residence
and business address with the Secretary of State by October 1 of the
presidential election year.


7110.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 8148, if the Democratic National
Convention will conclude after the deadline for the Secretary of
State to deliver certificates of nomination to local elections
officials pursuant to Section 8148, the Chairperson of the Democratic
State Central Committee shall do one of the following:
   (1) Notify the Secretary of State of the apparent nomination of
the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President of the
United States not less than 78 days prior to the election, if all of
the following conditions apply:
   (A) A candidate for President has attained a sufficient number of
delegate votes to assure his or her nomination at the Democratic
National Convention.
   (B) The candidate described in subparagraph (A) has identified a
person who will be nominated to run for the office of Vice President.
   (C) The Democratic National Convention is likely to nominate the
person who is the choice of the candidate for President in the Vice
Presidential nomination.
   (2) Notify the Secretary of State of the apparent nomination of
the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President of the
United States as soon as each of these apparent nominations become
known but not less than 61 days prior to the election, if all of the
following conditions apply:
   (A) A candidate for President has attained a sufficient number of
delegate votes to assure his or her nomination at the Democratic
National Convention.
   (B) The candidate described in subparagraph (A) has identified a
person who will be nominated to run for the office of Vice President.
   (C) The Democratic National Convention is likely to nominate the
person who is the choice of the candidate for President in the Vice
Presidential nomination.
   (b) The Secretary of State shall prepare the certificates of
nomination required in Section 8148 to include the names of the
Democratic candidates for President and Vice President as notified by
the Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.