California Elections Code ARTICLE 6 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers

  • Section 6400.
    Each section of a nomination paper shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate or his or her designee. All the...
  • Section 6401.
    Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
  • Section 6402.
    Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be thus...
  • Section 6403.
    The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name...
  • Section 6404.
    Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall:(a) Examine and affix to them a...
  • 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...
  • Section 6406.
    No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at a presidential primary.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018