California

Elections Code

2,373 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 15271 — As soon as the polls are finally closed, the precinct board shall commence to count the votes by taking the ballots cast, unopened, out of the box and counting them to ascertain whether the number of
• § 15272 — The count shall be public and shall be continued without adjournment until completed and the result is declared.
• § 15273 — Unless otherwise provided in this code, the precinct board members may not constitute themselves into separate squads in an attempt to conduct more than one count of the ballots at the same time.
• § 15274 — The members of the precinct board may relieve each other in the duties of counting ballots.
• § 15275 — Those ballots not rejected shall be placed in one pile, and the board shall proceed to count by tallying the vote for one or more offices or measures at a time.
• § 15276 — The precinct board members shall ascertain the number of votes cast for each person and for and against each measure in the following manner: One precinct board member shall read from the ballots.
• § 15277 — (a) Two of the precinct board members shall each keep a tally sheet in a form prescribed by the elections official.
• § 15278 — On completion of the canvass of the returns for each election, the elections official shall compare the vote by mail voters’ list with the roster for each precinct to determine if any voter cast more
• § 15278.5 — No precinct board member may make any tally of votes in any other manner than is provided in this article, nor in any place other than on the tally sheets provided for that purpose.
• § 15279 — The ballots, as soon as all of the names and measures marked on them as voted for are read and tallied, shall not thereafter be examined by any person, but, as soon as all are counted, shall be carefu
• § 15280 — The precinct board shall complete, sign, and return to the elections official all furnished forms requiring its signatures.
• § 15281 — The precinct board shall sign and post conspicuously on the outside of the polling place a copy of the result of the votes cast.
• § 15290 — Ballots that are to be counted manually in a central place shall be transported as provided in Sections 15201 and 15202.
• § 15300 — This chapter applies to all elections.
• § 15301 — (a) The canvass shall commence no later than the Thursday following the election, shall be open to the public, and, for state or statewide elections, shall result in a report of results to the Secreta
• § 15302 — The official canvass shall include, but not be limited to, the following tasks: (a) An inspection of all materials and supplies returned by poll workers.
• § 15303 — If the returns from any precinct are incomplete, ambiguous, not properly authenticated, or otherwise defective, the elections official may issue and serve subpoenas requiring members of the precinct b
• § 15304 — In jurisdictions using a central counting place, the elections official may appoint not less than three deputies to open the envelopes or containers with the materials returned from the precincts.
• § 15305 — (a) For purposes of this section, “unprocessed ballot” means a voted polling place ballot, voted vote by mail ballot, voted provisional ballot, or voted conditional registration ballot that has not ye
• § 15306 — (a) Beginning no later than the Thursday following an election, and until the time specified in subdivision (b), an elections official shall post updated information regarding the election on their in
• § 15307 — (a) On or before the 13th day following the election, an elections official shall finish counting all ballots, except those described in subdivision (b), and shall release the vote count for those bal
• § 15320 — Vote by mail ballots and mail ballot precinct ballots returned to the elections office and to the polls on or before election day that are not included in the semifinal official canvass phase of the e
• § 15321 — For any statewide election or special election to fill a vacancy in a congressional or legislative office, votes cast by vote by mail ballot and votes cast at the polling place shall be tabulated by p
• § 15340 — Except for a voter-nominated office at a general election, each voter is entitled to write on the ballot the name of any candidate for any public office, including that of President and Vice President
• § 15341 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no name written upon a ballot in any election shall be counted for an office or nomination unless the candidate whose name has been written on the ballot ha
• § 15342 — Any name written upon a ballot for a qualified write-in candidate, including a reasonable facsimile of the spelling of a name, shall be counted for the office, if it is written in the blank space prov
• § 15342.5 — In the event of a manual recount conducted pursuant to Section 15610 or requested pursuant to Section 15620 or 15621, the process set forth in Section 15342 shall be liberally construed to ensure that
• § 15350 — Provisional ballots cast pursuant to Section 14310 shall be processed and counted in accordance with the provisions outlined in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15100) and pursuant to the requiremen
• § 15360 — (a) During the official canvass of every election in which a voting system is used, the elections official shall conduct a public manual tally of the ballots tabulated by those devices, including vote
• § 15370 — After ballots are counted and sealed, the elections official may not open any ballots nor permit any ballots to be opened except as permitted in Sections 15303 and 15304, or in the event of a recount.
• § 15371 — (a) Upon completion of the count, the elections official shall add to the results as so determined, the results of the write-in votes and any paper ballots used as certified by the precinct board, and
• § 15372 — (a) The elections official shall prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to the governing body within 30 days of the election or, in the case of school district, com
• § 15373 — When ballots are counted under this article, the result of the vote shall be shown by precinct.
• § 15374 — (a) The statement of the result shall show all of the following: (1) The total number of ballots cast.
• § 15375 — (a) The elections official shall send to the Secretary of State within 31 days of the election in an electronic format in the manner requested one complete copy of all results as to each of the follow
• § 15376 — The elections official shall deliver a duplicate of the certified statement of the result of votes cast to the chairperson of the county central committee of each party.
• § 15377 — (a) The elections official shall identify and provide to the Secretary of State within 31 days of the election the number of vote by mail ballots rejected, categorized according to the reason for the
• § 15400 — (a) It is the ministerial and nondiscretionary duty of the governing body to declare elected or nominated to each office voted on at each election under its jurisdiction the person having the highest
• § 15401 — The elections official shall make out and deliver to each person elected or nominated, as declared by the governing body, except those elected to a central committee, a certificate of election or nomi
• § 15402 — (a) Whenever a candidate whose name appears upon the ballot at any election for an office other than a voter-nominated office dies after the 68th day before the election, the votes cast for the deceas
• § 15450 — A plurality of the votes given at any election shall constitute a choice where not otherwise directed in the California Constitution, provided that it shall be competent in all charters of cities, cou
• § 15451 — The nominees for a voter-nominated office shall be determined in accordance with Section 8141.
• § 15452 — The person who receives a plurality of the votes cast for any office is elected or nominated to that office in any election, except: (a) An election for which different provision is made by any city o
• § 15460 — In each county the number of candidates for membership in a county central committee in each Assembly or supervisorial district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
• § 15470 — In each county the number of candidates for membership in a committee in each Assembly or supervisorial district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
• § 15480 — In each county the number of candidates for membership in a county central committee in each Assembly or supervisor district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
• § 15490 — In each county the number of candidates for member of central committees to be elected in each central committee election district who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
• § 15500 — The Secretary of State, commencing with the first results from the semifinal official canvass received from the elections officials, shall compile the results for the offices and measures listed in Se
• § 15501 — (a) Except as to presidential electors, the Secretary of State shall compile the results for all of the following: (1) All candidates for statewide office.
• § 15502 — Within 120 days of the filing of the statement of the vote, the Secretary of State, upon the basis of the information provided, shall compile a supplement to the statement of the vote, showing the num
• § 15503 — On the 38th day after the election, or as soon within that time as the returns have been received from the entire state or a congressional district, as the case may be, the Secretary of State shall de
• § 15504 — The Secretary of State shall make out and deliver, or transmit by mail, a certificate of election or nomination to each person elected or nominated.
• § 15504.5 — Whenever the Secretary of State transmits a certificate of election or unofficial election results to the State Senate or State Assembly regarding a person who appears to have received the plurality o
• § 15505 — No later than the 32nd day following the election, the Secretary of State shall analyze the votes given for presidential electors, and certify to the Governor the names of the proper number of persons
• § 15550 — The records and supplies of any election when received by the elections official shall be disposed of in the manner set forth in this chapter.
• § 15551 — If a contest or any such criminal prosecution has been commenced prior to the date fixed for its destruction, the package containing the voted ballots shall be subject to the order of the court in whi
• § 15600 — Except as provided in this chapter, this chapter applies to all elections.
• § 15601 — (a) The Secretary of State, within the Secretary of State’s existing budget, shall adopt regulations no later than January 1, 2008, for each voting system approved for use in the state and specify the
• § 15610 — If no election contest is pending wherein a recount of the ballots in a precinct has been or will be ordered, the elections official may order that the ballots voted in the precinct be publicly recoun
• § 15620 — (a) Following completion of the official canvass, any voter may, within five calendar days thereafter but not later than 5 p.
• § 15621 — (a) Following completion of the official canvass any voter may, within five calendar days beginning on the 31st day after a statewide election, file with the Secretary of State a written request for a
• § 15621.5 — If more than one voter requests a recount of the same office or measure pursuant to Section 15620 or 15621, and at least one request is for a manual recount, the county elections official of a county
• § 15622 — The request may specify the order in which votes are recounted by precinct or by the batch in which the ballots were scanned.
• § 15623 — Any time during the conduct of a recount and for 24 hours thereafter, any other voter may request the recount of any precincts in an election for the same office, slate of presidential electors, or me
• § 15624 — The voter or the campaign committee, as defined in Section 82013 of the Government Code, represented by the voter filing the recount request, or the voter’s designee, shall, before the recount is comm
• § 15625 — (a) The recount shall be conducted under the supervision of the elections official.
• § 15626 — (a) The recount shall be commenced not more than seven business days following the receipt by the elections official of the request or order for the recount under Section 15620, 15621, or 15645 and sh
• § 15627 — (a) If the votes subject to recount were cast or tabulated by a voting system, the voter requesting the recount shall, for each set of ballots cast or tabulated by a type of voting system, select whet
• § 15628 — Not less than one day prior to commencement of the recount, the elections official shall post a notice as to the date and place of the recount and shall notify the following persons of it in person, b
• § 15629 — The recount shall be conducted publicly.
• § 15630 — (a) All ballots, whether voted or not, and any other relevant materials, as specified in regulations adopted by the Secretary of State, may be examined as part of any recount if the voter filing the d
• § 15631 — On recount, ballots may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects, in accordance with the following procedure: (a) The person challenging the ballot shall state the reason for the
• § 15632 — In lieu of the returns as reported in the official canvass, upon completion of the recount showing that a different candidate was nominated or elected, that a different presidential slate of electors
• § 15633 — Not more than one day after the conclusion of the recount, the elections official shall post a copy of the results of any recount conducted pursuant to this chapter conspicuously in the office of the
• § 15634 — This chapter does not: (a) Authorize the opening or recounting of ballots for any precinct except for the purposes specified in this chapter.
• § 15640 — (a) When requested by the board of supervisors or the grand jury, the district attorney may petition the superior court for an order directing a public recount to be made of ballots tabulated by a vot
• § 15641 — Section 15001 shall apply unless a court orders the program held pending the conclusion of litigation challenging the outcome of an election.
• § 15642 — Any tape, diskette, cartridge, or other magnetic or electronic storage medium used in the programming of vote totals shall be kept in a secure location and, if there is a recanvass of votes, the offic
• § 15645 — (a) (1) Within five days after the Secretary of State files a statement of the vote, as required by subdivision (b) of Section 15501, the Governor may order a state-funded manual recount of all votes
• § 15646 — (a) Upon the Governor or Secretary of State ordering a recount pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 15645, the Secretary of State shall notify the elections official of each county and shall direct
• § 15647 — All the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 15620), except Sections 15620, 15621, 15622, 15623, 15624, and 15627, shall apply to this article unless otherwise provided herein.
• § 15648 — The Secretary of State may adopt, amend, and repeal rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this article.
• § 15649 — A county elections official shall only be required to conduct a recount pursuant to this article to the extent funds are appropriated for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or other sta
• § 15650 — This article does not apply to any primary election.
• § 15651 — (a) If at any election, except as provided in subdivision (b) and an election for Governor or Lieutenant Governor, two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office to
• § 15652 — If the tie vote has been determined pursuant to Section 15651, the person declared elected by the Secretary of State or the election board is entitled to a certificate of election.
• § 15653 — When two or more persons have an equal and highest number of votes for either Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State shall deliver a certificate to that effect to each of the tied can
• § 15654 — In case any two or more persons have an equal and highest number of votes for either Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the Legislature shall, by a joint vote of both houses, choose one of the persons t
• § 15670 — This article applies only to: (a) Candidates for delegates to a national convention for the nomination of party candidates for President and Vice President of the United States.
• § 15671 — In case of a tie vote for member of a county central committee, where the office is to be voted for wholly within one county, the election board shall forthwith summon the candidates who have received
• § 15672 — In the case of a tie vote for an office other than a judicial or school office to be voted on in more than one county, the Secretary of State shall forthwith summon the candidates who have received ti
• § 15673 — The summons mentioned in this article shall in every case be mailed to the address of the candidate as it appears upon his or her affidavit of registration, at least five days before the day fixed for
• § 15700 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide guidance in interpreting Section 2.
• § 15701 — If a postelection deadline imposed by this code prevents the proper tabulation or recounting of ballots, the county elections official of the affected county may petition the superior court of that co
• § 15702 — For purposes of Section 2.
• § 16 — A copy of Section 84305 of the Government Code shall be provided by the elections official to each candidate or his or her agent at the time of filing the declaration of candidacy and to the proponent
• § 16000 — The general election contest provisions of this division, exclusive of Article 1 (commencing with Section 16700) of Chapter 8, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 16800), and Article 1 (commencing with
• § 16002 — When used in this division, “contestant” means any person initiating an election contest.
• § 16003 — In a contest of the election of presidential electors the action or appeal shall have priority over all other civil matters.
• § 16100 — Any elector of a county, city, or of any political subdivision of either may contest any election held therein, for any of the following causes: (a) That the precinct board or any member thereof was g
• § 16101 — Any candidate at a primary election may contest the right of another candidate to nomination to the same office by filing an affidavit alleging any of the following grounds, that: (a) The defendant is
• § 16200 — This chapter shall not apply to elections for the office of state Senator or Member of the Assembly of the California Legislature.
• § 16201 — No irregularity or improper conduct in the proceedings of the precinct board members, or any of them, is malconduct that avoids an election, unless the irregularity or improper conduct is such as to p
• § 16202 — When any election held for an office exercised in and for a county is contested on account of any malconduct on the part of the precinct board of any precinct, or any member thereof, the election shal
• § 16203 — An election shall not be set aside on account of illegal votes, unless it appears that a number of illegal votes has been given to the person whose right to the office is contested or who has been cer
• § 16204 — An election shall not be set aside on account of eligible voters being denied the right to vote, unless it appears that a sufficient number of voters were denied the right to vote as to change the res
• § 16300 — Irregularity or improper conduct shall annul or set aside a nomination only if it appears that illegal votes in the precinct have been given to the defendant, which if taken from him or her, would red
• § 16400 — When an elector contests any election he or she shall file with the clerk of the superior court having jurisdiction a written statement setting forth specifically: (a) The name of the contestant and t
• § 16401 — The contestant shall verify the statement of contest, as provided by Section 446 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and shall file it within the following times after the declaration of the result of the
• § 16402 — When the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, it is sufficient to state generally that in one or more specified voting precincts illegal votes were given to the defendant, whic
• § 16402.5 — An election shall not be set aside on account of eligible voters being denied the right to vote, unless it appears that a sufficient number of voters were denied the right to vote as to change the res
• § 16403 — A statement of the grounds of contest shall not be rejected nor the proceedings dismissed by any court for want of form, if the grounds of contest are alleged with such certainty as will advise the de
• § 16404 — The affidavit shall specify separately each precinct in which any irregularity or improper conduct took place, or in which a recount is demanded, and the nature of the mistake, error, misconduct, or o
• § 16420 — The defendant shall be named in the affidavit.
• § 16421 — The affidavit shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the superior court having jurisdiction within five days after the completion of the official canvass by the county last making the declaratio
• § 16440 — This article applies only to contests on the grounds that: (a) The defendant is not eligible to the office in dispute.
• § 16441 — If the nomination contested is for an office including a political subdivision of more than one county, the superior court of any county within the political subdivision has jurisdiction, and the cont
• § 16442 — After the affidavit is filed with the clerk of the superior court, a copy of the affidavit shall be personally served upon the defendant or sent to the defendant by certified mail in a sealed envelope
• § 16443 — The defendant, after receipt of the copy of the affidavit, may file an answer and a cross-contest affidavit within five days.
• § 16444 — No special appearance, demurrer or objection may be taken other than by the affidavits which shall be considered a general appearance in the contest.
• § 16460 — This article applies only to contests on the ground that due to mistake, error, or misconduct the votes in any precinct were so incorrectly counted as to change the result.
• § 16461 — The superior court of that county in which is located the precinct in which the contestant demands a recount has jurisdiction.
• § 16462 — No service other than as provided in this section need be made upon the defendant.
• § 16463 — All candidates at any primary election are permitted to be candidates under this code only upon the condition that jurisdiction for the purposes of the proceeding authorized by this article shall exis
• § 16464 — At any time within three days after the filing of the affidavit of the contestant to the effect that the contestant has sent by certified mail a copy of the affidavit to the defendant, the defendant m
• § 16465 — The defendant shall appear, either in person or by attorney, at the time and place fixed for the hearing, and shall take notice of the order fixing the time and place from the records of the court, wi
• § 16466 — The defendant may not make any special appearance for any purpose except as provided in this article.
• § 16467 — The court, if the defendant appears, shall require the answer to be made within three days from the time and place set for hearing.
• § 16500 — Within five days after the end of the time allowed for filing statements of contest, the clerk of the superior court shall notify the superior court of the county of all statements filed.
• § 16501 — The clerk of the superior court shall thereupon issue a citation for the defendant to appear at the time and place specified in the order, which citation shall be delivered to the sheriff and served u
• § 16502 — The clerk of the superior court shall issue subpoenas for witnesses at the request of any party, which shall be served as other subpoenas.
• § 16503 — The contestant shall, in the first instance, be liable for the expenses involved in making any recount.
• § 16520 — The clerk of the superior court, within five days after the end of the time for filing affidavits, shall present all the affidavits to the presiding judge of the superior court.
• § 16521 — The clerk of the superior court, after an order setting a contest for trial, shall issue a citation to both parties containing a copy of the order.
• § 16540 — On the fifth day after the end of the time for filing contestant’s affidavit, the clerk of the superior court shall present the affidavits of the contestant and the defendant and proof of posting of c
• § 16600 — The court shall meet at the time and place designated, to determine the contested election, and shall have all the powers necessary to the determination thereof.
• § 16601 — At the trial the ballots shall be opened and a recount taken, in the presence of all the parties, of the votes cast for the various candidates in all contests where it appears from the statements file
• § 16602 — In the trial and determination of election contests, the court shall be governed by the rules of law and evidence governing the determination of questions of law and fact, so far as the same may be ap
• § 16603 — The court shall continue in session to hear and determine all issues arising in contested elections.
• § 16620 — The court shall meet at the time and place designated in the order setting the contest for trial, and shall have all powers necessary to determine the issues.
• § 16640 — If the number of votes that are sought to be recounted or the number of contests are such that the judge in a county in which there is but one superior court judge is of the opinion that it will requi
• § 16641 — If the proceeding is in a county where there is more than one superior court judge, the judge to whom the case is assigned shall notify the presiding judge forthwith of the number of judges which he o
• § 16642 — The judges designated by the order to hear the contest, including the judge to whom the contest was originally assigned, shall convene upon notice from the judge to whom the contest was originally ass
• § 16643 — The proceedings before every judge in making a recount of the precincts assigned to him or her, as to the appointment of the elections official and persons necessary to be assistants of the court in m
• § 16700 — The person declared elected by the superior court is entitled to a certificate of election.
• § 16701 — If the elections official has issued any certificate for the same office to any other person than the one declared elected by the court, or if the court finds a tie vote in a general election contest
• § 16702 — Whenever an election is annulled or set aside by the judgment of the superior court, and no appeal has been taken within 10 days thereafter, the commission, if any has issued, is void and the office v
• § 16703 — If in any election contest it appears that another person than the defendant has the highest number of legal votes, the court shall declare that person elected.
• § 16720 — After the court has heard the proofs and allegations of the parties, it shall file its findings of fact and conclusions of law and immediately pronounce judgment either confirming the nomination or se
• § 16740 — When the recount has been completed in the manner required by Article 4 (commencing with Section 16460) of Chapter 5, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 16640) of Chapter 7, all the judges who too
• § 16741 — A certified copy of the judgment shall be served upon the elections official and may be enforced summarily in the same manner as provided in Section 13314.
• § 16742 — If the contest proceeds in more than one county, and the nominee is to be certified by the Secretary of State from the compilation of election returns in his or her office, the judgment in each county
• § 16800 — If the proceedings in a general election contest under this division are dismissed for insufficiency or for want of prosecution, or the election is confirmed by the court, judgment for costs shall be
• § 16801 — Where two or more contested elections are joined for the purpose of recounting votes, the costs shall be apportioned among the parties in the discretion of the court.
• § 16802 — Primarily each party is liable for the costs created by himself or herself to the officers and witnesses entitled thereto, which costs may be collected in the same manner as similar costs are collecte
• § 16803 — The provisions relating to costs in contested final elections apply to primary election contests conducted under this division.
• § 16900 — Any party aggrieved by the judgment of the court may appeal therefrom to the court of appeal, as in other cases of appeal thereto from the superior court.
• § 16920 — Either party to a contest may appeal to the district court of appeal of the district where the contest is brought, if the appeal is perfected by the appellant within 10 days after judgment of the supe
• § 16940 — The judgment of the court is final in every respect.
• § 17 — The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain administrative complaint procedures, pursuant to the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.
• § 17000 — (a) The elections official shall preserve all canceled original affidavits of registration for a period of five years, after which they may be destroyed by that officer.
• § 17001 — The elections official shall keep a copy of the roster described in Section 2183 on file as a public record for election, political research, and governmental purposes for a period of five years.
• § 17100 — (a) All nomination documents and signatures in lieu of filing fee petitions filed in accordance with this code shall be held by the officer with whom they are filed during the term of office for which
• § 17200 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), elections officials required by law to receive or file in their offices any initiative or referendum petition shall preserve the petition until eight months
• § 17300 — (a) (1) The elections official shall preserve all rosters or combined rosters and voter lists as provided for in Section 14107, if applicable, until five years after the date of the election, after wh
• § 17301 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United State
• § 17302 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17301.
• § 17303 — (a) The following provisions apply to those elections in which candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States R
• § 17304 — (a) The following provisions apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17303.
• § 17305 — (a) The following provisions apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Repr
• § 17306 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17305.
• § 17400 — (a) The elections official shall preserve in that person’s office all recall petitions filed for eight months after the results of the election for which the petition qualified or, if no election is h
• § 17501 — Following each general election, the county elections official shall file copies of all precinct maps with the Secretary of State.
• § 17502 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United State
• § 17503 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17502.
• § 17506 — (a) The elections official shall preserve the list of new resident voters voting pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3400) of Division 3 for 22 months from the date of the election.
• § 17600 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Ballot image” means an electronically captured or generated image of a ballot that is created on a voting device or
• § 17601 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United State
• § 17602 — (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17601.
• § 17603 — (a) Certified voting technology equipment and components that are at the end of lifecycle may be securely disposed of or destroyed with the written approval of the manufacturer and the Secretary of St
• § 18000 — This division applies to all elections.
• § 18001 — Upon a conviction for any crime punishable by imprisonment in any jail or prison, in relation to which no fine is herein prescribed, the court may impose a fine on the offender not exceeding one thous
• § 18002 — (a) Every person charged with the performance of any duty under any law of this state relating to elections, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform it, or who, in the person’s official capacity,
• § 18100 — (a) Every person who willfully causes, procures, or allows himself or herself or any other person to be registered as a voter, knowing that he or she or that other person is not entitled to registrati
• § 18101 — Every person who knowingly and willfully completes, or causes or procures the completion of, in whole or in part, an affidavit of registration or a voter registration card, with the intent to cause th
• § 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
• § 18103 — Any person who knowingly or negligently (a) interferes with the prompt transfer of a completed affidavit of registration to the county elections official, (b) retains a voter’s completed registration
• § 18104 — An individual or organization having charge of affidavits of registration is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly neglects or refuses to return affidavits of registration as provided in Article 3 (co
• § 18105 — No affidavit of registration or voter registration card shall contain, and no person other than the registrant shall write on or affix thereto, or cause to be written on or affixed thereto, any statem
• § 18106 — Every person 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 who, withou
• § 18107 — Every person who willfully violates Section 2158 is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200).
• § 18107.5 — (a) (1) A person who knowingly or willfully pays or offers to pay money or other valuable consideration to another person with the intent to induce the person to vote or to register to vote, or where
• § 18108 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person who receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from t
• § 18108.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person who receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from t
• § 18108.5 — (a) A person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a person who assists another person to register
• § 18109 — (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person in possession of information identified in Section 2138.
• § 18110 — (a) For purposes of this section, “home address” means only street address and does not include an individual’s city or post office address.
• § 18111 — Any person, individual, or organization that knowingly violates Section 2138.
• § 18112 — Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter, the court may order as a condition of probation that the convicted person be prohibited from receiving money or other valuable consider
• § 18200 — Every person who subscribes to any nomination petition a fictitious name, or who intentionally subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe a fictitious name to a nominat