California · Elections Code

ELEC §18560.1: (a) A person who votes or attempts to vote in an election held in this state and in an election held in another state on the same date shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person who votes or attempts to vote in elections held in this state and another state on the same date commits a misdemeanor, unless one election is in a non-resident district.

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(a) A person who votes or attempts to vote in an election held in this state and in an election held in another state on the same date shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) This section does not prohibit a voter from voting in an election held in this state and in an election held in another state on the same date if one of the elections is an election in a landowner voting district or any other district for which an elector is not required to be a resident of the district.

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