California · Elections Code
ELEC §6142: Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened together.
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Counties may combine properly assembled nomination papers together, but papers signed by voters from different counties must be kept separate.
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