California Elections Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 13200.
  Ballots not printed in accordance with this chapter shall not be cast nor counted at any election.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
• Section 13201.
  The ballots of each political party’s central committee shall be designed so that each ballot may be easily and clearly distinguished from, and not confused...
• Section 13202.
  All ballots of the same sort prepared by any county elections official, clerk or secretary of a legislative body, or other person having charge of...
• Section 13203.
  Across the top of the ballot shall be printed in heavy-faced gothic capital type not smaller than 30-point, the words “OFFICIAL BALLOT.” However, if the...
• Section 13204.
  (a) The instructions to voters shall be printed at least three-eighths of an inch below the district designation. The instructions shall begin with the words “INSTRUCTIONS...
• Section 13205.
  Additional instructions to voters shall appear on the ballot prior to those provided for in Section 13204 under the following conditions:(a) In a primary election at...
• Section 13206.
  (a) On the partisan ballot used in a direct primary election, immediately below the instructions to voters, there shall be a box not less than one-half...
• Section 13206.5.
  (a) (1) On the ballot used in a statewide general election in each year evenly divisible by the number four, immediately below the instructions to voters, there...
• Section 13207.
  (a) There shall be printed on the ballot in parallel columns all of the following:(1) The respective offices.(2) The names of candidates with sufficient blank spaces to allow...
• Section 13208.
  (a) In the right-hand margin of each column light vertical lines shall be printed in such a way as to create a voting square after the...
• Section 13209.
  Whenever a foreign translation of the ballot is required by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended by Public Law 94-73, to appear...
• Section 13210.
  (a) In the case of candidates for delegate to national convention, there shall be printed in boldface gothic type, not smaller than 12-point, across the column...
• Section 13211.
  The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot, without indentation, in roman capital, boldface type not smaller than eight-point, between light lines...
• Section 13211.5.
  (a) Each group of names of candidates for a particular office shall be printed in immediate succession to another group of names of candidates for a...
• Section 13212.
  Except for a voter-nominated office at a general election, under the designation of each office shall be printed as many blank spaces, defined by light...
• Section 13213.
  Each group of names of candidates for a particular office shall be separated from the succeeding group by a three-point rule. Each series of groups...
• Section 13214.
  The left-hand side of the first column of names on the ballot and the right-hand side of the last column of voting squares on the...
• Section 13215.
  The ballots shall be printed on the same leaf with a stub not over one inch in depth. The stub shall be separated from the...
• Section 13216.
  (a) On each ballot a horizontal non-solid-ruled line shall extend across the top of the ballot one inch below the horizontal perforated line. The same number...
• Section 13216.5.
  A ballot stub may be used, but is not required, for a ballot produced on demand if the quantity of ballots produced for the election...
• Section 13217.
  The number on each ballot shall be the same as that on the corresponding stub, and the ballots and stubs shall be numbered consecutively in...
• Section 13219.
  When printed, all ballots shall be bound in stub books, of such size as the clerk may determine. A record of the number of ballots...
• Section 13220.
  If two or more officers are to be elected for the same office for different terms, the terms for which each candidate for the office...

Last modified: October 22, 2018