California · Elections Code

ELEC §18102: Any deputy elections official or registration elections official who knowingly registers a nonexistent person, knowingly registers a person under a false name or address, or knowingly registers a pers

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

Elections officials who knowingly register nonexistent persons, use false names/addresses, or register ineligible persons face imprisonment in state prison or county jail.

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Any deputy elections official or registration elections official who knowingly registers a nonexistent person, knowingly registers a person under a false name or address, or knowingly registers a person who is ineligible to register is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail for not more than one year.

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