Elections Code § 6405

ARTICLE 6. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 6405Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 4. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.

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