Cal. ELEC § 6859.5

This is the official text of Cal. ELEC § 6859.5, 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 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___.
________________________
(SEAL) County Elections Official

By Deputy

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