§ 6140 Nomination Paper Submission

Elections Code·California

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•After someone checks the nomination papers, the person who collected signatures must give them back to the steering committee.
•The steering committee must gather all the papers from their county.
•The committee then gives these papers to the county elections office to check them.

Example

If you help collect signatures for a candidate, you can't keep the papers.

You must give them to the candidate's team, and they must turn them in to the elections office.

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§ 6140 Nomination Paper Submission

Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the steering committee, or to its duly authorized representatives. All the sections circulated in any county shall be collected by the steering committee, or its duly authorized representatives, and they shall arrange and leave the sections with the county elections official for examination. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2000.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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nomination paper circulator steering committee county elections official

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 6140.

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