Elections Code section 6859.5

The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL 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 presidential candidate, and that the number of names which I have not marked “not sufficient” is _______.The candidate named in the nomination papers is comprised of the following:
_______________________________________________________
Dated this ________ day of ________, 20___.
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(SEAL)
County Elections Official
By Deputy

Source: Section 6859.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=6859.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2016; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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Dec. 29, 2025

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