Elec. Code, § 6796 · Article 5. Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers
Elec. Code, § 6796
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Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall:
(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or he has examined them and stating the number of names that 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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