§ 8503

California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for filing or for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” any name appearing on them which does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in his or her office made on or before the date when the name was signed.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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