Elec. Code, § 6859.5 · Article 3. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers
Elec. Code, § 6859.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO NOMINATION PAPERS OF A CANDIDATE
To the Secretary of State:
I, County Elections Official of the County of ______, hereby certify that I have examined the nomination papers, to which this certificate is attached, of the presidential candidate, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is _______. The candidate named in the nomination papers is comprised of the following: _______________________________________________________
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20___.
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(SEAL) County Elections Official By Deputy
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.
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