California

Elections Code

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

• § 21550 — (a) As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego.
• § 21551 — (a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.
• § 21552 — (a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (
• § 21553 — A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state.
• § 21554 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced.
• § 21555 — There is, in the County of Merced, a Citizens Redistricting Commission.
• § 21556 — (a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter.
• § 21557 — (a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.
• § 21557.5 — (a) A commission member shall not communicate with any individual or organization regarding redistricting matters outside of a public meeting.
• § 21558 — (a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the criteria set forth in Section 21130.
• § 21559 — A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state.
• § 2156 — The Secretary of State shall print, or cause to be printed, the blank forms of the voter notification prescribed by Section 2155 and the voter preregistration notice prescribed by Section 2155.
• § 21560 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Fresno.
• § 21561 — There is, in the County of Fresno, a Citizens Redistricting Commission.
• § 21562 — (a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter.
• § 21563 — (a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.
• § 21564 — (a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (
• § 21565 — A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state.
• § 2157 — (a) Subject to this chapter, the paper affidavit of registration shall be in a form prescribed by regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.
• § 2157.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature that a voter be fully informed of the permissible uses of personal information supplied by him or her for the purpose of completing a voter registration affidavit.
• § 2157.2 — In order that a voter be fully informed of the permissible uses of personal information supplied by him or her for the purpose of completing a voter registration affidavit, local elections officials s
• § 21570 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern.
• § 21571 — There is, in the County of Kern, a Citizens Redistricting Commission.
• § 21572 — (a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter.
• § 21573 — (a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.
• § 21574 — (a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (
• § 21575 — A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state.
• § 2158 — County elections officials shall do all of the following: (a) Provide voter registration cards designed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2157 for the registration of voters at his or her office
• § 21580 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange.
• § 21581 — There is, in the County of Orange, a Citizens Redistricting Commission.
• § 21582 — (a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter.
• § 21583 — (a) (1) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.
• § 21584 — (a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (
• § 21585 — A commission member shall not do any of the following: (a) While serving on the commission, endorse, work for, volunteer for, or make a campaign contribution to, a candidate for an elective office of
• § 21586 — (a) The commission may only remove a commission member for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, causing the commission to be unable to discharge its duties with nine affirmative vo
• § 21587 — If a commission member resigns or is removed pursuant to Section 21586, the chair of the commission shall select one alternate commissioner to fill the vacancy as a voting member.
• § 21588 — If the commission is unable to act because it has fewer than nine voting commission members, the Auditor-Controller of the County of Orange shall, within one month of making the determination that the
• § 2159 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2158, any person who, in exchange for money or other valuable consideration, assists another to register to vote by receiving the comple
• § 2159.5 — 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 to
• § 21590 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.
• § 21591 — There is, in the County of Sacramento, a Citizens Redistricting Commission.
• § 21592 — (a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter.
• § 21593 — (a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process.
• § 21594 — (a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (
• § 21595 — A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state.
• § 2160 — (a) A county elections official may use a provisional ballot envelope as an affidavit of registration.
• § 21600 — This article applies to a general law city that elects members of the city’s legislative body by districts or from districts, as those terms are defined in Section 34871 of the Government Code.
• § 21601 — Following a city’s decision to elect its council using district-based elections, or following each federal decennial census for a city whose council is already elected using district-based elections,
• § 21603 — (a) If the boundaries of a city expand by the addition of new territory, including through annexation of unincorporated territory or consolidation with another city, the council shall add that new ter
• § 21605 — (a) After redistricting or districting, a council shall not adopt new council district boundaries until after the next federal decennial census, except under the following circumstances: (1) A court o
• § 21606 — (a) The term of office of any council member who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired shall not be affected by any change in the boundaries of the district from which the council
• § 2161 — The Secretary of State shall print, or cause to be printed, the blank forms of the affidavits of registration and voter registration cards prescribed by this code.
• § 2162 — (a) No affidavits of registration other than those provided by the Secretary of State to the county elections officials, provisional ballot envelopes that comply with Section 2160, or the national vot
• § 21620 — This article applies to a charter city that elects members of the city’s legislative body by districts or from districts, as those terms are defined in Section 34871 of the Government Code.
• § 21621 — Following a city’s decision to elect its council using district-based elections, or following each federal decennial census for a city whose council is already elected using district-based elections,
• § 21623 — (a) If the boundaries of a city expand by the addition of new territory, including through annexation of unincorporated territory or consolidation with another city, the council shall add that new ter
• § 21625 — (a) After redistricting or districting, a council shall not adopt new council district boundaries until after the next federal decennial census, except under the following circumstances: (1) A court o
• § 21626 — (a) The term of office of any council member who has been elected and whose term of office has not expired shall not be affected by any change in the boundaries of the district from which the council
• § 2163 — The Secretary of State shall prepare an appropriate voter registration logo that may be displayed by offices, stores, and other establishments indicating the availability of voter registration for the
• § 21630 — If a council assigns the responsibility to recommend or to adopt new district boundaries to a hybrid or independent redistricting commission as defined in Section 23000, the charter city remains subje
• § 2164 — (a) The Secretary of State shall pay all postage for all of the following: (1) Mailing of the voter notification and the address correction service pursuant to Section 2153.
• § 2165 — Affidavits of registration shall be processed immediately.
• § 2166 — (a) Any person filing with the county elections official a new affidavit of registration or reregistration may have the information relating to his or her residence address, telephone number, and emai
• § 2166.5 — (a) Any person filing with the county elections official a new affidavit of registration or reregistration may have the information relating to their residence address, telephone number, and email add
• § 2166.7 — (a) If authorized by the county board of supervisors, a county elections official shall, upon application of a public safety officer, make confidential that officer’s residence address, telephone numb
• § 2166.8 — (a) A county elections official shall, upon application of a qualified worker, make confidential that worker’s residence address, telephone number, and email address appearing on the affidavit of regi
• § 2166.9 — (a) For purposes of this section, “elected official or candidate” means a federal, state, or local elected official or a candidate for an elected federal, state, or local office.
• § 2167 — Upon the personal or written application of any person, the county elections official shall, at a fee not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents ($1.
• § 2168 — The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a statewide system to facilitate the reporting of election results and voter and candidate information, and to otherwise administer and enhance elec
• § 2170 — (a) “Conditional voter registration” means a properly executed affidavit of registration that is delivered by the registrant to the county elections official during the 14 days immediately preceding a
• § 2171 — (a) A conditional voter registration accepted under this article shall include the information required by Article 4 (commencing with Section 2150).
• § 2172 — (a) The elections official shall cancel any duplicate voter registrations that may exist as a result of a conditional registration deemed effective and shall cancel the duplicate registrations in acco
• § 2173 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who commits fraud in the execution of a conditional voter registration pursuant to this article shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for u
• § 2183 — (a) The elections official shall supply an electronic copy, or paper copy upon request, of the roster and of supplements to the roster, necessary to bring it up to date, for all elections to be held w
• § 2184 — Upon request of any Member of the Legislature, of Congress, or any candidate who is to be voted for in the county, in a city therein, or in a political subdivision of either, or upon written demand of
• § 2185 — Upon written request of the chair or vice chair of a party state central committee or of the chair of a party county central committee, the county elections official shall furnish to each committee, w
• § 2187 — (a) Each county elections official shall provide notice to the Secretary of State that the following information is available: (1) The total number of voters in the county.
• § 2188 — (a) Any application for voter registration information available pursuant to law and maintained by the Secretary of State or by the elections official of any county shall be made pursuant to this sect
• § 2188.1 — The Secretary of State may insert fictitious names of voters into the voter registration information database as an investigative and enforcement tool for determining inappropriate or unauthorized use
• § 2188.2 — (a) The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations that describe the best practices for storage and security of voter registration information received by an applicant pursuant to Section 2188.
• § 2188.3 — A person or entity who has received voter registration information pursuant to an application made under Section 2188 shall, following discovery or notification of a breach in the security of the stor
• § 2188.5 — (a) A person who requests voter information pursuant to Section 2188 or who obtains signatures or other information collected for an initiative, referendum, political party qualification, or recall pe
• § 2189 — Before the first day of the opening of the polls for any election held throughout the county, the county elections official shall deliver to the precinct board in each precinct at least one printed or
• § 2191 — (a) Upon request, the elections official shall compile a voter list or file, by precinct, of all persons who voted in previous elections.
• § 2193 — The Secretary of State shall, from the information furnished by the county elections officials pursuant to Section 2187, identify possible duplicate voter registrations.
• § 2194 — (a) Except as provided in Section 2194.
• § 2194.1 — Any affidavit of registration information identified in Section 7924.
• § 2196 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is qualified to register to vote and who has a valid California driver’s license or state identification card may submit an affidavit of voter regis
• § 2197 — No later than July 1, 2014, the California Health Benefit Exchange shall implement a process and the infrastructure to allow a person who applies online with the California Health Benefit Exchange for
• § 2198 — Each Internet Web site maintained by the state shall include a hyperlink on the site’s homepage to the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.
• § 2200 — The registration of a voter is permanent for all purposes during his or her life, unless and until the affidavit of registration is canceled by the Secretary of State or the county elections official
• § 22000 — (a) Following a special district’s decision to elect its board of directors using district-based elections, or following each federal decennial census for a special district whose board of directors i
• § 22001 — This chapter and Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21100) do not apply to special districts in which only landowners vote for directors or whose directors are all elected at large or appointed.
• § 2201 — (a) The county elections official shall cancel the registration in the following cases: (1) At the signed, written request of the person registered.
• § 2202 — (a) The county elections official shall preserve all uncanceled affidavits of registration in a secure manner that will protect the confidentiality of the voter information consistent with Section 219
• § 2205 — The local registrar of births and deaths shall notify the county elections official not later than the 15th day of each month of all deceased persons 16 years of age and over, whose deaths were regist
• § 2206 — The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to facilitate the availability of death statistics from the State Department of Health Services.
• § 2208 — (a) A person is presumed competent to vote regardless of the person’s conservatorship status.
• § 2209 — (a) For conservatorships established pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of the Probate Code, the court investigator shall, during the yearly or biennial review of the conservatorshi
• § 2210 — (a) If the person or the person and estate is under a conservatorship established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the
• § 2211 — (a) Any person who (1) has plead not guilty by reason of insanity and who has been found to be not guilty pursuant to Section 1026 of the Penal Code, (2) has been found incompetent to stand trial and
• § 2211.5 — (a) By the first day of each month, and more frequently if the clerk so chooses, the clerk of the superior court of each county shall notify the Secretary of State pursuant to subdivision (b) of each
• § 2212 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Conviction” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 2101.
• § 2213 — Any person may proceed by action in the superior court to compel the county elections official to cancel any registration made illegally or which should be canceled by reason of facts that have occurr
• § 2214 — (a) Each month, the Secretary of State shall post on its internet website a report showing, for the preceding period, the number of voting rights disqualifications and the number of voting rights rest
• § 2220 — (a) The county elections official shall conduct a preelection residency confirmation procedure as provided in this article.
• § 2221 — (a) Based on the postal notices on the returned residency confirmation postcards received pursuant to Section 2220, the county elections official shall take the following actions: (1) The voter regist
• § 2222 — In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 2220, the Secretary of State or a county elections official may contract with the United States Postal
• § 2223 — (a) In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard to each registered voter in the county, the county elections official may include the return address of the county elections official’s office
• § 2224 — (a) If a voter has not voted in an election within the preceding four years, and the voter’s residence address, name, or party preference has not been updated during that time, the county elections of
• § 2225 — (a) (1) Based on change-of-address data received from the United States Postal Service or its licensees, the county elections official shall send a forwardable notice, including a postage-paid and pre
• § 2226 — (a) Based on change-of-address information received pursuant to Sections 2220 to 2225, inclusive, or change-of-address information provided directly by the voter, the county elections official shall t
• § 2227 — (a) In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 2220, the county elections official may contract with a consumer credit reporting agency or its li
• § 2240 — From moneys appropriated by the Legislature, the Controller shall reimburse counties for additional costs incurred by counties for purging voter registration files pursuant to Article 2 (commencing wi
• § 2241 — Any claim submitted to the Controller pursuant to this article shall state that the county had reimbursable costs and the number of registered voters in the county as determined by the Secretary of St
• § 2250 — On and after July 1, 2007, in any document mailed by a state agency that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.
• § 2260 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California New Motor Voter Program.
• § 2261 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Voter registration is one of the biggest barriers to participation in our democracy.
• § 2262 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Completed voter registration” and “completed voter registration application” mean the part of the driver’s license a
• § 2263 — (a) The Secretary of State and the department shall establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter registration by any person who is qualified t
• § 2264 — (a) Every driver’s license application shall include a voter registration application.
• § 2265 — (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a schedule and method for the department to electronically provide to the Secretary of State the records specified
• § 2266 — (a) The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information obtained from the department pursuant to Section 2265 to any person, or the use of any false representation to obtain any of that information or
• § 2267 — (a) If the records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 constitute a completed voter registration application, the Secretary of State shall register the person to
• § 2268 — A person registered or preregistered to vote under this chapter may cancel the person’s voter registration or preregistration at any time by any method available to any other registered or preregister
• § 2269 — This chapter does not affect the confidentiality of a person’s voter registration or preregistration information, which remains confidential pursuant to Section 2194 of this code and Section 7924.
• § 2270 — If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person of Section 18100, that person’s registration or
• § 2271 — If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election held after the effective date of the person’s re
• § 2272 — (a) The department shall designate an employee, known as the department’s National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) coordinator, who shall be responsible for the department’s compliance with the requirem
• § 2273 — (a) The department’s NVRA coordinator shall ensure that each employee of the department who interacts with the California New Motor Voter Program shall, annually and as part of an initial new employee
• § 2274 — (a) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall monitor the timeliness of the department’s transmittals to the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of
• § 2275 — (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a taskforce that includes all of the following members: (1) The Secretary of State’s NVRA coordinator.
• § 2276 — The Secretary of State, in consultation with the department and the taskforce described in Section 2275, shall annually review the effectiveness of the California New Motor Voter Program and draft a w
• § 2277 — The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations addressing both of the following: (a) A process for canceling the registration or preregistration of a p
• § 2300 — (a) All voters, pursuant to the California Constitution and this code, shall be citizens of the United States.
• § 23000 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Advisory redistricting commission” means a body that recommends to a legislative body placement of the district boun
• § 23001 — A local jurisdiction may establish by resolution, ordinance, or charter amendment an independent redistricting commission, a hybrid redistricting commission, or an advisory redistricting commission co
• § 23002 — (a) This section applies to advisory redistricting commissions.
• § 23003 — (a) This section applies to hybrid redistricting commissions and independent redistricting commissions.
• § 23004 — A local jurisdiction, except for a county, may contract with a county in which the local jurisdiction is partially or wholly located that has established an independent redistricting commission to hav
• § 2301 — (a) An international election observer may be provided uniform and nondiscriminatory access to all stages of the election process that are open to the public, including the public review period for th
• § 2302 — A voter or any other person shall not be prohibited from using an electronic device, including a smartphone, tablet, or other handheld device, at a polling place provided that the use of the device do
• § 2400 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to facilitate compliance with the requirements set forth in the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.
• § 2401 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Voter preference form” means the form described in Section 20506(a)(6)(B) of Title 52 of the United States Code.
• § 2402 — (a) The Secretary of State is the chief state elections official responsible for coordination of the state’s responsibilities under the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.
• § 2403 — (a) A voter registration agency shall comply with the applicable duties and responsibilities of a voter registration agency set forth in the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.
• § 2404 — (a) The Secretary of State shall do all of the following: (1) Coordinate with each county elections official and voter registration agency to implement this chapter.
• § 2405 — (a) A county elections official shall be responsible for coordinating with the Secretary of State and each applicable voter registration agency within the county to administer the voter registration s
• § 2406 — (a) A voter registration agency shall do all of the following: (1) Notify the county elections official of each applicable county of the location of each of the voter registration agency’s offices or
• § 2407 — Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month, a county elections official shall report to the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, the number of voter regis
• § 2408 — (a) A voter registration agency that allows a person to apply online for service or assistance, or to submit a recertification, renewal, or change of address form relating to the service or assistance
• § 2500 — As used in this chapter, an “election management system” is a system that is used by a county in the state to track voter registration or voter preferences, including, for example, a voter’s vote-by-m
• § 2501 — (a) No later than January 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, the vendor of an election management system shall cause an exact copy of the source code for each component of the election management syst
• § 2550 — (a) For purposes of this section, “electronic poll book” means an electronic list of registered voters that may be transported to the polling location.
• § 2600 — The Secretary of State shall establish a Language Accessibility Advisory Committee which shall meet no less than four times each calendar year.
• § 2700 — (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Native American Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee.
• § 3 — If any provision of this code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the code and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstance
• § 300 — (a) “Vote by mail voter” means any voter casting a ballot in any way other than at the polling place.
• § 300.5 — “Affiliated with a political party” as used in reference to a voter or to a candidate for a voter-nominated office means the party preference that the voter or candidate has disclosed on his or her af
• § 3000 — This division shall be liberally construed in favor of the vote by mail voter.
• § 3000.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for each election, the elections official shall, no later than 29 days before the day of the election, begin mailing the materials specified in Section 3010 to every
• § 3001 — No later than 29 days before the day of the election, the county elections official shall begin mailing the materials required by Section 3010.
• § 3002 — All persons granted confidentiality pursuant to Section 2166 shall (1) be required to vote by mail ballot, and (2) in addition to the required residence address, provide a valid mailing address to the
• § 3003 — The vote by mail ballot shall be available to any registered voter.
• § 3004 — A county elections official shall place a notice in an office within the county where applications are taken for federal passports or where military enlistments are received to inform potential milita
• § 3005 — (a) Whenever, on the 88th day before the election, there are 250 or less persons registered to vote in any precinct, the elections official may furnish each voter with a vote by mail ballot along with
• § 301 — (a) A “ballot” is the presentation of the contests consisting of offices and measures, and the candidates and choices to be voted on.
• § 3010 — (a) The elections official shall deliver all of the following to each qualified applicant: (1) The ballot for the precinct in which the voter resides.
• § 3011 — (a) The identification envelope shall contain all of the following: (1) A declaration, under penalty of perjury, stating that the voter resides within the precinct in which the voter is voting and is
• § 3012 — Whenever the elections official is required to mail a vote by mail voter’s ballot to any elector and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed is a point outside the territorial limits of the Un
• § 3013 — Upon delivering or mailing a vote by mail voter’s ballot, the elections official shall enter on the affidavit of registration the type of ballot and the date of delivering or mailing.
• § 3014 — (a) The elections official shall provide a replacement ballot to any voter upon receipt of a replacement ballot request from the voter.
• § 3015 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 14310, vote by mail voters who return to the polling place designated for their home precincts on or before election day, or go to a vote center establis
• § 3016 — Vote by mail voters who return to the polling place designated for their home precincts on or before election day, or go to a vote center established pursuant to Section 4005, or to the office or sate
• § 3016.3 — (a) No later than 29 days before the day of the election, any voter using a vote by mail ballot may, prior to the close of the polls on election day, vote the ballot at the office of the elections off
• § 3016.5 — (a) A voter may vote their vote by mail ballot, without the identification envelope, in person at the office of the county elections official, a satellite location, the polling place designated for th
• § 3016.7 — The county elections official shall permit any voter to cast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system, regardless of whether the voter is a voter with disabilities or a militar
• § 3017 — (a) (1) All vote by mail ballots cast under this division shall be voted on or before the day of the election.
• § 3019 — (a) (1) Upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, the elections official shall compare the signature on the identification envelope with either of the following to determine if the signatures compare: (A)
• § 3019.5 — (a) A county elections official shall establish a free access system that allows a vote by mail voter to learn if the voter’s vote by mail ballot was counted and, if not, the reason why the ballot was
• § 3019.7 — (a) The Secretary of State shall maintain a system to allow a vote by mail voter to track the voter’s vote by mail ballot through the mail system and as the vote by mail ballot is processed by the cou
• § 302 — “Ballot card” means a card or a number of cards upon which are printed, or identified by reference to the ballot, the names of candidates for nomination or election to one or more offices or the ballo
• § 3020 — (a) All vote by mail ballots cast under this division shall be received by the elections official from whom they were obtained or by the precinct board no later than the close of the polls on election
• § 3021.5 — (a) Upon the declaration of an out-of-state emergency by the Governor and the issuance of an executive order authorizing an out-of-state emergency worker to cast a ballot outside of their home precinc
• § 3023 — Each ballot that is delivered pursuant to this chapter shall be accompanied by a state voter information guide, unless the voter has already been provided a state voter information guide.
• § 3024 — The cost to administer vote by mail ballots where issues and elective offices related to school districts, as defined by Section 17519 of the Government Code, are included on a ballot election with no
• § 3025 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Vote by mail ballot drop box” means a secure receptacle established by a county or city and county elections off
• § 3025.5 — (a) (1) A county that does not conduct an election pursuant to Section 4005 shall provide at least two vote by mail ballot drop-off locations within the jurisdiction where the election is held or at l
• § 3025.7 — (a) A county that conducts a statewide primary or statewide general election in accordance with Section 3025.
• § 3026 — (a) The Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations establishing guidelines for county elections officials relating to the processing of vote by mail ballots.
• § 303 — “Ballot label” means: (a) For a candidate, the combination of candidate name and candidate designation.
• § 303.1 — Notwithstanding Section 303, for a statewide referendum measure, the ballot label shall consist of the condensed title and summary which includes the ballot title in the form of a question and a conde
• § 303.3 — “Remote accessible vote by mail system” means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software that is used for the sole purpose of marking an electronic vote by mail ballot for
• § 303.4 — “Ballot on demand system” means a self-contained system that allows users to do both of the following on an as-needed basis: (a) Manufacture and finish card stock.
• § 303.5 — (a) “Ballot title” is the name of a statewide initiative measure or measure proposed by the Legislature, or, in the case of a statewide referendum measure, the question included in the ballot label an
• § 304 — “Campaign advertising or communication” means a communication authorized by a candidate or a candidate’s controlled committee, as defined in Section 82016 of the Government Code, or by a committee mak
• § 305 — (a) “Candidate,” for purposes of Section 2184, includes any person who declares in writing, under penalty of perjury, that the person is a candidate, naming the office.
• § 305.5 — (a) “Paper cast vote record” means an auditable document that corresponds to the selection made on the voter’s ballot and lists the contests on the ballot and the voter’s selections for those contests
• § 306 — “City measure” includes any proposed city charter, any proposed amendment to a city charter, any proposition for the issuance of bonds by the city, any advisory question, or any other question or prop