Elec. Code, § 8402 · Chapter 3. Nomination Papers
Elec. Code, § 8402
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When a nomination paper or sections of a nomination paper have been received which contain the number of valid signatures required in Section 8400, the officer with whom those papers are required to be left shall not accept additional sections of the nomination paper for the candidate named in it.
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History
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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