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Code · California · Elections Code

§ 12104

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(a)A notice designating the offices for which candidates are to be nominated shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF OFFICES FOR WHICH CANDIDATES ARE TO BE NOMINATED AT THE DIRECT PRIMARY
Secretary of State
Sacramento,__. 20 __.
To the County Elections Official of the County of ____:
Notice is hereby given that the offices for which candidates are to be nominated at the primary election to be held on the ____ day of___, 20__, together with the names of the political parties qualified to participate in the election, are as follows:
STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICES
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
Notice is also hereby given that at the primary election, candi–
dates are to be nominated for the following office:
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Notice is also hereby given that at the primary election, in the county first above mentioned, candidates are to be nominated for any county offices or judicial offices to which candidates are to be elected at the ensuing general election;
And notice is also hereby given that at the primary election there shall be elected in each county a county central committee for each political party above named pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with Section 7000) of the Elections Code.
(seal)Secretary of State
(b)The notice designating the political parties qualified to participate in this election for nomination of candidates shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION
Secretary of State
Sacramento, __. 20__.
To the County Elections Official of the County of ____:
Notice is hereby given that the political parties qualified to participate in this election for nomination of candidates to partisan offices are as follows:
(seal)Secretary of State
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