DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 6000-6954›PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES 6000-6884›CHAPTER 4. Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary 6700-6849›ARTICLE 5. Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating Papers 6780-6798
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California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall:
(a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or he has examined them and stating the number of names that 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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