California’s primary in Election 2020 has been moved well up in the calendar from its more traditional June slot, and this has concomitantly moved up most other key dates and deadlines for candidate filing on the electoral calendar.
Peace and Freedom Party provides below a list of dates that prospective candidates will need to mark on their calendars; stay vigilant because election season is much closer than you may think...
Description of Event |
Deadline |
Signatures-In-Lieu of Filing Fee Period for Voter Nominated Offices (In 2020, State Assembly, State Senate, and United State House of Representatives) |
Sept 12 - Nov 6, 2019 |
Candidate Statement Period for State Voter Information Guide; statements cost candidates $25 a word. or $6,250 for a 250-word statement |
Oct 24 - Nov 13, 2019 |
Declaration of Candidacy and Nomination Paper Period (In 2020, State Assembly, State Senate, United States House of Representatives, and State/County Central Committees.) Signatures-In-Lieu of Filing Fee collected between September 12 and November 6, 2019 shall be counted towards Nomination Signatures and if signatures-in-lieu petition contain enough valid signatures a candidate may request that they be accepted instead of filing nomination signatures. There is no filing fee to run for State/County Central Committees. |
Nov 11* - Dec 6, 2019 |
Candidate Statement Period for County Voter Information Guides for 2020 Presidential Primary. (U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate, and State Assembly only) |
Nov 11* - Dec 6, 2019 |
Randomized Alphabet Drawing |
Dec 12, 2019 |
Notice to Candidates for Voter-Nominated Offices |
Dec 21, 2019* |
Certified List of Candidates |
Dec 26, 2019 |
Statement of Write-In Candidacy and Nomination Paper Period for Voter-Nominated Offices (In 2020 State Assembly, State Senate, and United State House of Representatives) There is no filing fee to run as a qualified write-in candidate. |
Jan 6 - Feb 18, 2020 |
Certified List of Write-In Candidates |
Feb 21, 2020 |
Presidential Primary Election |
Mar 3, 2020 |