§ 6796 Nomination Paper Certification

• •After someone turns in papers to run for office, the elections official has 5 days to check them.
• •The official counts how many names on the papers are valid (not marked 'not sufficient').
• •The official writes a note saying how many names are good and sends the papers to the Secretary of State.
• •The Secretary of State keeps the papers on file.

Imagine you want to run for mayor, so you collect signatures from people who support you. You turn in the papers with those signatures to the local elections office.

The elections office has 5 days to look at your papers. They count how many signatures are valid (not crossed out as 'not sufficient'). Then they write a note with that number and send your papers to the Secretary of State, who will keep them.