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DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 6000-6954›PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 6000-6864›CHAPTER 1. Democratic Presidential Primary 6000a-6241›ARTICLE 8. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers 6140-6146

§ 6144

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall:

(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them and stating the number of names which have not been marked “not sufficient.”

(b) Transmit the papers with the certificate of examination to the Secretary of State, who shall file the papers.

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

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