Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate. All the sections circulated in any area shall be collected by the candidate and shall be arranged for filing and examination.
Independent NominationsArrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers
Section § 8500
After someone collecting nomination signatures has their section of the paper verified, they must give it back to the person running for office. The candidate then gathers all the verified sections from their area and organizes them for official review and filing.
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Section § 8501
This law says that when you are gathering nomination papers for candidates who will be on the ballot in more than one county or across the whole state, you can organize these papers by county. However, you cannot attach papers from different counties together.
For all nominations of candidates to be voted for in more than one county or throughout the state, the nomination papers, properly assembled, may be fastened together by counties, but in no case shall nomination papers signed by voters of different counties be fastened together.
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Section § 8502
This law section states that nomination papers must be given to the county elections official for review and then officially filed. The timing for this is dictated by another section, Section 8403.
Nomination papers shall be left with the county elections official for examination and filed by him or her pursuant to the time limitations set forth in Section 8403.
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Section § 8503
This law requires county elections officials to review nomination papers and verify that the signatures match those on the voter registration affidavits made before the signatures were written. If they don't match, the official will mark them as "not sufficient."
The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for filing or for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” any name appearing on them which does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in his or her office made on or before the date when the name was signed.
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Section § 8504
If you're submitting nomination papers in an election, the county elections official has 24 days to check them. After examining, they must create a certificate that shows how many names on the papers are valid. This certificate is then sent to the Secretary of State for certain offices.
Within 24 days after any nomination papers are left for examination, the county elections official shall examine them and prepare a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them, and stating the number of names which have not been marked “not sufficient.” The certificate shall be forwarded immediately to the Secretary of State for those offices that are certified by the Secretary of State.
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