Cal. ELEC § 6405
This is the official text of Cal. ELEC § 6405, part of California’s Elections Code — governs how elections are conducted, including voter registration, ballots, and campaign rules.
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Official statutory text
The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL’S CERTIFICATE 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 candidate for the ensuing presidential primary, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is ______________.
The candidate named in the nomination papers is ______________.
Dated this ____________ day of ____________, 20____.
________________________ , County Elections Official
By ____________________ , Deputy
COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL’S CERTIFICATE 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 candidate for the ensuing presidential primary, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is ______________.
The candidate named in the nomination papers is ______________.
Dated this ____________ day of ____________, 20____.
________________________ , County Elections Official
By ____________________ , Deputy
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