{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"6405","citation":"Elec. Code, § 6405","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [6000. - 6954.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES [6000. - 6884.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Republican Presidential Primary [6300. - 6480.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6/part-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 6. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers [6400. - 6406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-6/part-1/chapter-2/article-6"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 4.   (AB 3259)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:</p><table><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p>COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL’S CERTIFICATE TO NOMINATION<br />PAPERS OF A CANDIDATE</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" /></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p>To the Secretary of State:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" /></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p>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 ______________.</p><p>The candidate named in the nomination papers is ______________.</p><p>Dated this ____________ day of ____________, 20____.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><p>________________________ , County Elections Official</p><p>By____________________ , Deputy </p></td></tr></tbody></table>","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","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/arrangement-and-examination-of-nomination-papers-6405","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}