 facsimiles of voters' signatures, provided that the method of preparing and displaying the facsimiles complies with law. (e) The elections official, upon the completion of the examination, shall immediately attach to the petition, except the signatures thereto appended, a properly dated certificate showing the result of the examination and shall immediately transmit the petition and the certificate to the Secretary of State. A copy of this certificate shall be filed in the elections official's office. (f) If the certificates received from all elections officials by the Secretary of State establish that the number of valid signatures does not equal 00 percent of the number of qualified voters needed to find the petition sufficient or, in the case of an initiative petition, that the number of valid signatures submitted for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 0000 does not equal 00 percent of the number of qualified voters needed to satisfy the requirement of that subdivision, the petition shall be deemed to have failed to qualify, and the Secretary of State shall immediately so notify the proponents and the elections officials. (g) If the certificates received from all elections officials by the Secretary of State total more than 000 percent of the number of qualified voters needed to find the petition sufficient and, in the case of an initiative petition, the number of valid signatures submitted for purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 0000 total more than 000 percent of the number of qualified voters needed to satisfy the requirement of that subdivision, the petition shall be deemed to qualify as of the date of receipt of certificates by the Secretary of State showing the petition received more than 000 percent of the qualified voters needed, and the Secretary of State shall immediately so notify the proponents and the elections officials. (h) The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations consistent with this section. The initial regulations may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with Chapter 0.0 (commencing with Section 00000) of Part 0 of Division 0 of Title 0 of the Government Code, and shall be deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. SEC. 0. Section 0000 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 0000. 