California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 1 - Voter Registration
Article 2.5 - Statewide Voter Registration System
Section 19098 - Certification of County Elections Official
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Each county elections official shall certify that the county in which the elections official has jurisdiction over the elections is in compliance with all provisions of this chapter for each Federal election. Each county elections official shall do so by signing a certification form provided by subsection (b) and submitting it to the Secretary of State with the statement of vote required pursuant to California Elections Code section 15375. The certification form shall be provided by the Secretary of State by electronic or regular mail or facsimile transmission to each county elections official along with the statement of vote reporting instructions on or before the third day following a Federal election. Each county elections official shall submit to the Secretary of State an original, fully executed certification form with the copy of the certified statement of results required by California Elections Code section 15375.
(b) The certification form shall be in substantially the following format:
Certification of County Elections Official of the Results of the Canvass of the __________ __________, 20___ __________ Election
STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF __________
I, __________, County Elections Official of said county, do hereby certify that, in pursuance to the provisions of Elections Code Section 15300, et seq., I did canvass the results of the votes cast in the General Election held in said County on __________, for measures and contests that were submitted to the vote of the voters, and that the Statement of Votes Cast, to which this certificate is attached, is full, true, and correct.
I hereby set my hand and official seal this ___ day of __________, 20___ at the County of __________.
(County Seal)
__________ (Signature)
County Elections Official
County of __________
State of California
1. New section filed 8-27-2020; operative 8-27-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code; and Sections 10 and 2168, Elections Code. Reference: Section 15375, Elections Code; and 52 U.S.C. Section 21083.
