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 NOMINATION
PAPERS OF A CANDIDATE

Terms Used In California Elections Code 6405

  • candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
  • Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
  • Elections official: means any of the following:

    California Elections Code 320

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 

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

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