Elec. Code, § 6144 · Article 8. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers
Elec. Code, § 6144
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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall:
(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them and stating the number of names which have not been marked “not sufficient.”
(b) Transmit the papers with the certificate of examination to the Secretary of State, who shall file the papers.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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