Elections Code section 6405

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 Official
By____________________,Deputy

Source: Section 6405, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=6405.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2019; accessed Jul. 28, 2025).

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