Cal. ELEC § 6796
This is the official text of Cal. ELEC § 6796, 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
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.
(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.
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