§ 6405

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

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 NOMINATIONPAPERS 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 OfficialBy ____________________ , Deputy

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

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