Elections Code § 6859.5

ARTICLE 3. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nominating Papers

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 6859.5Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 2. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.

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___.
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(SEAL)	County Elections Official By Deputy