District Attorney in San Francisco County, California

Candidate must be a U.S. citizen, a registered voter, and otherwise qualified to vote for that office at the time that nomination papers are issued to the person.

Filing fee is 1% of the first year salary as of the first day on which a candidate may circulate petitions in-lieu of filing fees; signature requirement if the number of registered voters in the district in which a candidate seeks nomination is 2,000 or more is three signatures of registered voters for each dollar of the filing fee, or 7 percent of the total of registered voters in the district, whichever is less; if the number of registered voters in the district in which a candidate seeks nomination is less than 2,000, requirement is three signatures of registered voters for each dollar of the filing fee, or 14 percent of the total of registered voters in the district in which the candidate seeks nomination, whichever is less.

Each nomination paper shall be accompanied by a verified statement of the candidate that he or she will accept the nomination, and will also accept the office in the event of his election. The statement shall contain a blank space wherein the candidate shall be required to fill in his or her name in the manner in which he or she wishes the same to appear on the ballot and also the designation which he or she wishes to have under his or her name on the ballot, which designation shall conform to one of the designations permitted under this code relating to the forms of ballots generally. All nomination papers shall be filed with the city elections official during regular business hours as posted, not later than the 88th day before the election. Until that time, but not after, a candidate may withdraw his or her nomination paper after it is filed with the elections official as provided in this section.