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• California Elections Code Section 1
  This act shall be known as the Elections Code.
• California Elections Code Section 2
  The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 4
  Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
• California Elections Code Section 5
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of this code.
• California Elections Code Section 6
  Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be...
• California Elections Code Section 7
  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required or authorized...
• California Elections Code Section 8
  As used in this code, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine;...
• California Elections Code Section 9
  (a) Counting of words, for purposes of this code, shall be as follows: (1) Punctuation is not counted. (2) Each word shall be counted as...
• California Elections Code Section 10
  The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and has the powers and duties specified in Section 12172.5 of the Government
• California Elections Code Section 11
  On written call of the Secretary of State, the county elections officials, city elections officials, and registrars of voters of this state may meet with...
• California Elections Code Section 12
  Whenever any candidate files a declaration of candidacy, nomination paper, or any other paper evidencing an intention to be a candidate for any public office...
• California Elections Code Section 13
  (a) No person shall be considered a legally qualified candidate for any office or party nomination for a partisan office under the laws of this...
• California Elections Code Section 13.5
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13, no person shall be considered a legally qualified candidate for any of the offices set forth in...
• California Elections Code Section 14
  In case of a disaster in which a portion or all of the voting records of any county are destroyed, the Governor may appoint an...
• California Elections Code Section 15
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the last day for the performance of any act provided for or required by this code shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 17
  The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain administrative complaint procedures, pursuant to the requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C....
• California Elections Code Section 100
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any initiative, referendum, recall, nominating petition or paper, or any other petition or paper, is required to be...
• California Elections Code Section 100.5
  Notwithstanding Section 100, a voter who is unable to personally affix on a petition or paper the information required by Section 100 may request another...
• California Elections Code Section 101
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any state or local initiative petition required to be signed by voters shall contain in 12-point type, prior to...
• California Elections Code Section 102
  A person who is a voter or who is qualified to register to vote in this state may circulate an initiative or referendum petition in...
• California Elections Code Section 103
  Any voter who has signed an initiative, referendum or recall petition pursuant to the Constitution or laws of this state shall have his or her...
• California Elections Code Section 104
  (a) Wherever any petition or paper is submitted to the elections official, each section of the petition or paper shall have attached to it a...
• California Elections Code Section 105
  For purposes of verifying signatures on any initiative, referendum, recall, nomination, or other election petition or paper, the elections official shall determine that the residence...
• California Elections Code Section 106
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) Any registered voter who is a candidate for any office may obtain signatures to and sign his or...
• California Elections Code Section 200
  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there shall be set forth in full in the declaration of candidacy required for any primary or...
• California Elections Code Section 201
  Unless otherwise specifically provided, no person is eligible to be elected or appointed to an elective office unless that person is a registered voter and...
• California Elections Code Section 300
  (a) "Vote by mail voter" means any voter casting a ballot in any way other than at the polling place. (b) "Special absentee voter" means...
• California Elections Code Section 301
  A "ballot" means any of the following: (a) A single card with prescored, number positions that is marked by the voter with a punching device...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 303
  "Ballot label," means that portion of cardboard, paper or other material placed on the front of a voting machine, containing the names of the candidates...
• California Elections Code Section 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,...
• California Elections Code Section 305
  (a)"Candidate," for purposes of Section 2184, includes any person who declares in writing, under penalty of perjury that he or she is a candidate, naming...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 307
  "Clerk" means the county elections official, registrar of voters, city clerk, or other officer or board charged with the duty of conducting any election.
• California Elections Code Section 308
  "District elections official," for the purposes of initiative and referendum under Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9, includes the...
• California Elections Code Section 309
  "Committee," as used in Article 1 (commencing with Section 20200) of Chapter 3 of Division 20, means any person or combination of persons who, directly...
• California Elections Code Section 310
  "County" and "city" both include "city and county."
• California Elections Code Section 312
  "County measure" includes any proposed county charter, any proposed amendment to a county charter, any proposition for the issuance of funding or refunding bonds of...
• California Elections Code Section 313
  "County office" means the office filled by any county officer.
• California Elections Code Section 314
  "County officer" means any elected officer enumerated in Division 2 (commencing with Section 24000) of Title 3 of the Government Code.
• California Elections Code Section 316
  "Direct primary" is the primary election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year, to nominate candidates to...
• California Elections Code Section 317
  "District," for purposes of initiative and referendum under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9, includes any regional agency that has the power...
• California Elections Code Section 318
  "Election" means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code.
• California Elections Code Section 319
  "Election board" means the board of supervisors of each county, the city council or other governing body of a city, or any board or officer...
• California Elections Code Section 320
  "Elections official" means any of the following: (a) A clerk or any person who is charged with the duty of conducting an election. (b) A...
• California Elections Code Section 321
  "Elector" means any person who is a United States citizen 18 years of age or older and a resident of an election precinct at least...
• California Elections Code Section 322
  "Electoral jurisdiction," as used in Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000), means the area within which the voters reside who are qualified to vote for...
• California Elections Code Section 323
  "Federal election" means any presidential election, general election, primary election, or special election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting, nominating, or...
• California Elections Code Section 324
  (a) "General election" means either of the following: (1) The election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November...
• California Elections Code Section 326
  "Judicial office" means the office filled by any judicial officer.
• California Elections Code Section 327
  "Judicial officer" means any Justice of the Supreme Court, justice of a court of appeal, or judge of the superior court.
• California Elections Code Section 328
  "Local election" is a municipal, county, or district election.
• California Elections Code Section 329
  "Measure" means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to a popular vote at any election.
• California Elections Code Section 330
  "Municipal election" means elections in general law cities and where applicable in chartered cities.
• California Elections Code Section 331
  "New citizen" means any person who meets all requirements of an elector of, and has established residency in, the State of California, except that he...
• California Elections Code Section 332
  "New resident" means a person who meets all requirements of an elector of the State of California except that his or her residency was established...
• California Elections Code Section 333
  "Nomination documents" means declaration of candidacy and nomination papers.
• California Elections Code Section 334
  "Nonpartisan office" means an office for which no party may nominate a candidate. Judicial, school, county, and municipal offices are nonpartisan offices.
• California Elections Code Section 335
  "Oath" includes affirmation.
• California Elections Code Section 335.5
  The "official canvass" is the public process of processing and tallying all ballots received in an election, including, but not limited to, provisional ballots and...
• California Elections Code Section 336
  The "official summary date" is the date a summary of a proposed initiative measure is delivered or mailed by the Attorney General to the proponents...
• California Elections Code Section 336.5
  "One percent manual tally" is the public process of manually tallying votes in 1 percent of the precincts, selected at random by the elections official,...
• California Elections Code Section 337
  "Partisan office" means an office for which a party may nominate a candidate.
• California Elections Code Section 338
  "Party" means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary election.
• California Elections Code Section 339
  (a) "Precinct board" is the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a single precinct or a consolidated precinct. (b) "Precinct board," when...
• California Elections Code Section 340
  "Presidential primary" is the primary election that is held on the first Tuesday in February in any year which is evenly divisible by the number...
• California Elections Code Section 341
  "Primary election" includes all primary nominating elections provided for by this code.
• California Elections Code Section 342
  "Proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure" means, for statewide initiative and referendum measures, the person or persons who submit a draft of...
• California Elections Code Section 343
  "Proponent or proponents of a recall petition" means the person or persons who have charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures, to...
• California Elections Code Section 344
  "Punchcard" means a tabulating card on which the voter may record his or her vote by punching, marking, or slotting.
• California Elections Code Section 345
  "Punching" includes marking a ballot card to record a vote.
• California Elections Code Section 346
  "Rebuttable presumption" shall be deemed a presumption which affects the burden of producing evidence.
• California Elections Code Section 348
  "Regular election" is an election, the specific time for the holding of which is prescribed by law.
• California Elections Code Section 349
  (a) "Residence" for voting purposes means a person's domicile. (b) The domicile of a person is that place in which his or her habitation is...
• California Elections Code Section 350
  "School measure" means any proposition, including but not limited to, a proposal for the issuance of bonds by a school district or community college district,...
• California Elections Code Section 351
  "School office" means the office filled by any school officer.
• California Elections Code Section 352
  "School officer" means the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the superintendent of schools of a county.
• California Elections Code Section 353
  "Section" means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
• California Elections Code Section 353.5
  The "semifinal official canvass" is the public process of collecting, processing, and tallying ballots and, for state or statewide elections, reporting results to the Secretary...
• California Elections Code Section 354
  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
• California Elections Code Section 354.5
  (a) "Signature" includes either of the following: (1) A person's mark if the name of the person affixing the mark is written near the mark...
• California Elections Code Section 355
  "Software" includes all programs, voting devices, cards, ballot cards or papers, operating manuals or instructions, test procedures, printouts, and other nonmechanical or nonelectrical items necessary...
• California Elections Code Section 356
  "Special election" is an election, the specific time for the holding of which is not prescribed by law.
• California Elections Code Section 357
  "Statewide election" is an election held throughout the state.
• California Elections Code Section 358
  "Vote tabulating device" means any piece of equipment, other than a voting machine, that compiles a total of votes cast by means of ballot card...
• California Elections Code Section 359
  "Voter" means any elector who is registered under this code.
• California Elections Code Section 360
  "Voting device" means any device used in conjunction with a ballot card or cards to indicate the choice of the voter by marking, punching, or...
• California Elections Code Section 361
  "Voting machine" means any device upon which a voter may register his or her vote, and which, by means of counters, embossing, or printouts, furnishes...
• California Elections Code Section 362
  "Voting system" means any mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used to cast or tabulate votes, or both.
• California Elections Code Section 1000
  The established election dates in each year are as follows: (a) The second Tuesday of April in each even-numbered year. (b) The first Tuesday after...
• California Elections Code Section 1001
  Elections held in June and November of each even-numbered year and held the first Tuesday in February of each year evenly divisible by the number...
• California Elections Code Section 1002
  Except as provided in Section 1003, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all state, county, municipal, district, and school district elections shall be held on...
• California Elections Code Section 1003
  This chapter shall not apply to the following: (a) Any special election called by the Governor. (b) Elections held in chartered cities or chartered counties...
• California Elections Code Section 1100
  No election shall be held on any day other than a Tuesday, nor shall any election be held on the day before, the day of,...
• California Elections Code Section 1200
  The statewide general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year.
• California Elections Code Section 1201
  The statewide direct primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of each even-numbered year.
• California Elections Code Section 1202
  The presidential primary shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in any year evenly divisible by the number four, and shall not be...
• California Elections Code Section 1300
  Except as otherwise provided in the Government Code, an election to select county officers shall be held with the statewide primary at which candidates for...
• California Elections Code Section 1301
  (a) Except as required by Section 57379 of the Government Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a general municipal election shall be held...
• California Elections Code Section 1302
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the regular election to select governing board members in any school district, community college district, or county board...
• California Elections Code Section 1302.1
  In a community college district that includes the trustee areas authorized to be established pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 72022 of the Education...
• California Elections Code Section 1302.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an elementary, unified, high school, or community college district includes within its boundaries the same territory, or...
• California Elections Code Section 1302.3
  An annual election for members of the board of education shall be held in each unified district that is coterminous with or includes in its...
• California Elections Code Section 1302.4
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regular election for members of the Long Beach Community College District governing board may be held, upon the...
• California Elections Code Section 1302.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon recommendation of the county superintendent of schools and with the approval of the county board of supervisors,...
• California Elections Code Section 1303
  (a) Unless the principal act of a district provides that an election shall be held on one of the other dates specified in Chapter 1...
• California Elections Code Section 1304
  Unless the principal act of a district provides that an election shall be held on one of the other dates specified in Chapter 1 (commencing...
• California Elections Code Section 1400
  Each special election shall be held on one of the established election dates set by this division or on the date of any statewide special...
• California Elections Code Section 1405
  (a) Except as provided below, the election for a county, municipal, or district initiative that qualifies pursuant to Section 9116, 9214, or 9310 shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 1410
  The election for a county or municipal referendum that qualifies pursuant to Section 9144 or 9237 shall be held at the jurisdiction's next regular election...
• California Elections Code Section 1415
  City or city and county charter proposals that qualify pursuant to Section 9255 shall be submitted to the voters at either the next regular general...
• California Elections Code Section 1500
  The established mailed ballot election dates are as follows: (a) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year. (b) The first...
• California Elections Code Section 2000
  (a) Every person who qualifies under Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution and who complies with this code governing the registration of...
• California Elections Code Section 2020
  The term of domicile is computed by including the day on which the person's domicile commenced and by excluding the day of the election.
• California Elections Code Section 2021
  (a) A person who leaves his or her home to go into another state or precinct in this state for temporary purposes merely, with the...
• California Elections Code Section 2022
  If a person moves to another state with the intention of making it his or her domicile, the voter loses his or her domicile in...
• California Elections Code Section 2023
  If a person moves to another state as a place of permanent residence, with the intention of remaining there for an indefinite time, he or...
• California Elections Code Section 2024
  The mere intention to acquire a new domicile, without the fact of removal avails nothing, neither does the fact of removal without the intention.
• California Elections Code Section 2025
  A person does not gain or lose a domicile solely by reason of his or her presence or absence from a place while employed in...
• California Elections Code Section 2026
  The domicile of a Member of the Legislature or a Representative in the Congress of the United States shall be conclusively presumed to be at...
• California Elections Code Section 2027
  The place where a person's family is domiciled is his or her domicile unless it is a place for temporary establishment for his or her...
• California Elections Code Section 2028
  If a person has a family fixed in one place, and he or she does business in another, the former is his or her place...
• California Elections Code Section 2029
  The domicile of one spouse shall not be presumed to be that of the other, but shall be determined independently in accordance with this article.
• California Elections Code Section 2030
  A domiciliary of this state who marries a person employed temporarily in this state in the service of the United States government, may elect to...
• California Elections Code Section 2031
  If a person has more than one residence and that person maintains a homeowner's property tax exemption on the dwelling of one of the residences...
• California Elections Code Section 2032
  Except as provided in this article, if a person has more than one residence and that person has not physically resided at any one of...
• California Elections Code Section 2033
  Whenever the house number or the mailing address of a voter has been changed and the voter's domicile is the same, the public agency authorizing...
• California Elections Code Section 2034
  A person domiciled in a house or apartment lying in more than one precinct shall be registered as domiciled in the precinct designated by the...
• California Elections Code Section 2035
  A person duly registered as a voter in any precinct in California who removes therefrom within 14 days prior to an election shall, for the...
• California Elections Code Section 2050
  This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Act of 1989.
• California Elections Code Section 2051
  As used in this article, "visually impaired" means a person having central visual acuity not to exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses,...
• California Elections Code Section 2052
  It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the fundamental right to vote of visually impaired individuals, and to make efforts to improve public...
• California Elections Code Section 2053
  (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Advisory Board. This board shall consist of the Secretary of State or his...
• California Elections Code Section 2100
  No person shall be registered except as provided in this chapter except upon the production and filing of a certified copy of a judgment of...
• California Elections Code Section 2101
  A person entitled to register to vote shall be a United States citizen, a resident of California, not in prison or on parole for the...
• California Elections Code Section 2102
  (a) A person may not be registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration. The affidavit shall be mailed or delivered to the county...
• California Elections Code Section 2103
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the election board of each county, in order to promote and encourage voter registrations, shall establish...
• California Elections Code Section 2104
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the introduction of registration by mail shall not in any way lead to administrative limitations on the...
• California Elections Code Section 2105
  It is the intent of the Legislature that voter registration be maintained at the highest possible level. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations requiring...
• California Elections Code Section 2106
  Any program adopted by a county pursuant to Section 2103 or 2105, that is designed to encourage the registration of electors, shall, with respect to...
• California Elections Code Section 2107
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county elections official shall accept affidavits of registration at all times except during the 14 days immediately...
• California Elections Code Section 2108
  The county elections official shall keep and maintain a current file listing all persons appointed or deputized by the county elections official to register voters,...
• California Elections Code Section 2109
  Any person who is a registered voter qualifies for appointment as a deputy registrar of voters.
• California Elections Code Section 2110
  No county elections official may refuse to deputize any person to register voters because of ancestry, marital status, political affiliation, or any characteristic listed or...
• California Elections Code Section 2111
  A person may prove he or she is a citizen by his or her certification under penalty of perjury on the affidavit of registration.
• California Elections Code Section 2112
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the fact that a person certifies to his or her United States citizenship by signing his...
• California Elections Code Section 2113
  Any elector absent from the county in which he or she claims residence may request a voter registration card from the county elections official of...
• California Elections Code Section 2114
  The county elections official of any county in this state may receive the affidavit of registration of any elector who resides or claims residence in...
• California Elections Code Section 2115
  Whenever a voter, between the time of that person's last registration and the time for the closing of registration for any given election in the...
• California Elections Code Section 2116
  (a) Whenever a voter, between the time of that person's last voter registration and the time for the closing of registration for any given election,...
• California Elections Code Section 2117
  Except as provided in Section 2119, if a voter reregisters or transfers his or her registration from one precinct to another, the former address shall...
• California Elections Code Section 2118
  No person shall register in one county when his or her registration in another remains uncanceled unless he or she complies with this section. Any...
• California Elections Code Section 2118.5
  (a) If a voter is erroneously assigned to a precinct, the voter may apply to the elections official for a certificate showing the record of...
• California Elections Code Section 2119
  (a) In lieu of executing a new affidavit of registration for a change of address within the county the county elections official shall accept a...
• California Elections Code Section 2120
  If the county elections official receives a letter from a voter stating that the voter has moved to a new address in another county in...
• California Elections Code Section 2121
  No fees may be charged for registration.
• California Elections Code Section 2122
  The county elections official may cause to be written or printed upon the top margin, or in the body of the affidavit, in addition to...
• California Elections Code Section 2123
  In accordance with Section 11 of the initiative act approved by a majority of the voters at the general election held on November 4, 1930,...
• California Elections Code Section 2124
  The Secretary of State shall, by regulation, adopt uniform standards for proof of residency, which shall apply in all instances where voters and new registrants...
• California Elections Code Section 2130
  From moneys appropriated by the Legislature, the Controller shall allocate and disburse to the counties the amounts necessary to reimburse them for net costs incurred...
• California Elections Code Section 2131
  The Secretary of State may provide grants to local elections officials, nonprofit corporations, and unincorporated associations for the following purposes: (a) To conduct voter outreach...
• California Elections Code Section 2135
  The county elections official shall provide voter registration forms for use in registration by deputy registrars of voters. The voter registration forms shall be bound...
• California Elections Code Section 2136
  Each deputy registrar of voters shall be issued a receipt by the county elections official for all books or pads issued, specifying the numbers of...
• California Elections Code Section 2137
  When any elector is registered, his or her name, residence, and residence telephone number, if furnished, shall be entered on the stub attached to the...
• California Elections Code Section 2138
  Individuals and organizations distributing voter registration cards pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2158 and who receive completed voter registration cards from voters shall return...
• California Elections Code Section 2138.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an affiant's driver's license number, identification card number, and social security number, contained on an affidavit of registration or...
• California Elections Code Section 2139
  On the day of the close of registration for any election all deputy registrars of voters or individuals and organizations that have submitted plans for...
• California Elections Code Section 2140
  The county elections official shall report to the district attorney of the county, under oath, the name of any deputy registrar of voters who has...
• California Elections Code Section 2141
  If the county elections official deems a duplicate file of voter registration cards to be necessary for administrative purposes, the county elections official may prepare,...
• California Elections Code Section 2142
  (a) If the county elections official refuses to register any qualified elector in the county, the elector may proceed by action in the superior court...
• California Elections Code Section 2143
  Costs shall not be recovered against the county elections official in any action under this chapter, unless it is alleged in the complaint, and established...
• California Elections Code Section 2145
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the Student Voter Registration Act of 2003.
• California Elections Code Section 2146
  (a) The Secretary of State shall annually provide every high school, community college, and California State University and University of California campus with voter registration...
• California Elections Code Section 2148
  (a) Every high school, community college, and California State University campus shall designate a contact person and provide his or her address, telephone number, and...
• California Elections Code Section 2150
  (a) The affidavit of registration shall show: (1) The facts necessary to establish the affiant as an elector. (2) The affiant's name at length, including...
• California Elections Code Section 2151
  At the time of registering and of transferring registration, each elector may declare the name of the political party with which he or she intends...
• California Elections Code Section 2152
  Whenever any voter has declined to designate or has changed his or her political affiliation prior to the close of registration for an election, he...
• California Elections Code Section 2153
  (a) Except as provided in Section 2154, the affidavit of registration shall show all the facts required to be stated. (b) If the affidavit does...
• California Elections Code Section 2154
  In the event that the county elections official receives an affidavit of registration that does not include portions of the information for which space is...
• California Elections Code Section 2155
  Upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter pursuant to Section 2119, Article 2 (commencing with Section 2220),...
• California Elections Code Section 2155.5
  (a) The Secretary of State may, in coordination with county elections officials who choose to participate, develop specific procedures to address complaints related to voter...
• California Elections Code Section 2156
  The Secretary of State shall print, or cause to be printed, the blank forms of the voter notification prescribed by Section 2155. The Secretary of...
• California Elections Code Section 2157
  (a) Subject to this chapter, the affidavit of registration shall be in a form prescribed by regulations adopted by the Secretary of State. The affidavit...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2158
  In addition to registration conducted by deputy registrars of voters, the county elections official shall, do all of the following: (a) Provide voter registration cards...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2159.5
  Any person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to any person...
• California Elections Code Section 2160
  (a) Each affidavit of registration issued to a deputy registrar of voters shall meet the requirements prescribed by Section 2157, except that the voter registration...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2162
  (a) No affidavits of registration other than those provided by the Secretary of State to the county elections officials or the national voter registration forms...
• California Elections Code Section 2163
  The Secretary of State shall prepare and print or cause to be printed an appropriate logo that may be displayed on the windows of offices,...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2165
  Affidavits of registration for the whole of each county shall be filed, as fast as the registration progresses, in any orderly arrangement as prescribed by...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2166.5
  (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...
• California Elections Code Section 2166.7
  (a) If authorized by his or her county board of supervisors, a county elections official shall, upon application of a public safety officer, make confidential...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2168
  (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide system to facilitate removal of duplicate or prior registrations, to facilitate the reporting of election results...
• California Elections Code Section 2168
  (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a statewide system to facilitate removal of duplicate or prior registrations, to facilitate the reporting of election results...
• California Elections Code Section 2180
  (a) At least once, and more often if he or she deems it necessary, within each two-year period commencing on the first day of January...
• California Elections Code Section 2181
  In addition to printing a complete index within and for each two-year period, as provided in Section 2180, the county elections official may print and...
• California Elections Code Section 2182
  The number of copies of the precinct index printed shall be as many as in the judgment of the county elections official may be necessary...
• California Elections Code Section 2183
  The elections official shall supply copies of the index and of supplements to the index, necessary to bring it up to date, for all elections...
• California Elections Code Section 2184
  Upon demand of any Member of the Legislature, of Congress, or any candidate who is to be voted for in the county, in a city...
• California Elections Code Section 2185
  Upon written demand of the chair or vice chair of a party state central committee or of the chair of a party county central committee,...
• California Elections Code Section 2187
  (a) Each county elections official shall send to the Secretary of State, in a format described by the Secretary of State, a summary statement of...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2188.1
  The Secretary of State shall study the feasibility of inserting fictitious names of voters into the voter registration information database as a possible investigative and...
• California Elections Code Section 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, or recall...
• California Elections Code Section 2189
  Before the day of any election held throughout the county, the county elections official shall deliver to the precinct board in each precinct three copies...
• California Elections Code Section 2190
  If the county elections official maintains tabulating cards containing the information set forth in the affidavits of registration of voters, or sets forth that information...
• California Elections Code Section 2191
  The elections official shall compile an index, list, or file, by precinct, of all persons who voted in the previous statewide general election. This information...
• California Elections Code Section 2192
  Notwithstanding anything contained in this article, in any county in which tabulating equipment is used to produce the indexes of registration, the indexes shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 2193
  The Secretary of State shall, upon the request of a county elections official, compile, from the information furnished by the county elections officials pursuant to...
• California Elections Code Section 2194
  (a) The voter registration card information identified in subdivision (a) of Section 6254.4 of the Government Code: (1) Shall be confidential and shall not appear...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2201
  The county elections official shall cancel the registration in the following cases: (a) At the signed, written request of the person registered. (b) When the...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2203
  (a) Cancellation is made by writing or stamping on the affidavit of registration the word "canceled," the reason the affidavit was canceled, and the date...
• California Elections Code Section 2204
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a voter changes his or her residence within the same precinct, the voter's affidavit of registration shall not...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2206
  The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to facilitate the availability of death statistics from the State Department of Health Services. The data shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 2208
  (a) A person shall be deemed mentally incompetent, and therefore disqualified from voting, if, during the course of any of the proceedings set forth below,...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2212
  The clerk of the superior court of each county, on the basis of the records of the court, shall furnish to the chief elections official...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2220
  (a) The county elections official shall conduct a preelection residency confirmation procedure as provided in this article. This procedure shall be completed by the 90th...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2222
  In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 2220, the county elections official may contract with the United...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2224
  (a) If a voter has not voted in any election within the preceding four years, and his or her residence address, name, or party affiliation...
• California Elections Code Section 2225
  (a) Based on change of address data received from the United States Postal Service or its licensees, the county elections official shall send a forwardable...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 2300
  (a) All voters, pursuant to the California Constitution and this code, shall be citizens of the United States. There shall be a Voter Bill of...
• California Elections Code Section 3000
  This division shall be liberally construed in favor of the vote by mail voter.
• California Elections Code Section 3001
  Except as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 3200) and Sections 3007.5 and 3007.7, application for a vote by mail voter's ballot shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 3002
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 3001, a person granted confidentiality pursuant to Section 2166 shall be considered a vote by mail voter. (b) The provisions of Chapter...
• California Elections Code Section 3003
  The vote by mail ballot shall be available to any registered voter.
• California Elections Code Section 3004
  The county elections official shall place a notice in any office within the county where applications are taken for federal passports or where military enlistments...
• California Elections Code Section 3005
  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...
• California Elections Code Section 3006
  (a) Any printed application that is to be distributed to voters for requesting vote by mail ballots shall contain spaces for the following: (1) The...
• California Elections Code Section 3007
  The Secretary of State shall prepare and distribute to appropriate elections officials a uniform application format for a vote by mail voter's ballot that conforms...
• California Elections Code Section 3007.5
  (a) The Secretary of State shall prepare and distribute to appropriate elections officials a uniform electronic application format for a vote by mail voter's ballot...
• California Elections Code Section 3007.7
  (a) The local elections official may offer a voter the ability to electronically apply for a vote by mail voter's ballot. If the local elections...
• California Elections Code Section 3008
  (a) Any individual, organization, or group that distributes applications for vote by mail voter ballots and receives completed application forms shall return the forms to...
• California Elections Code Section 3009
  (a) Upon receipt of any vote by mail ballot application signed by the voter that arrives within the proper time, the elections official should determine...
• California Elections Code Section 3010
  The elections official shall deliver to each qualified applicant: (a) The ballot for the precinct in which he or she resides. In primary elections this...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 3013
  Upon delivering or mailing a vote by mail voter's ballot, the elections official shall enter on the application of the vote by mail voter, or...
• California Elections Code Section 3014
  The elections official shall send a second vote by mail voter ballot to any voter upon receipt of a statement under penalty of perjury that...
• California Elections Code Section 3015
  Vote by mail voters who return to their home precincts on election day may vote only if they surrender their vote by mail voter ballots...
• California Elections Code Section 3016
  Any vote by mail voter who is unable to surrender his or her vote by mail voter's ballot within the meaning of Section 3015 shall...
• California Elections Code Section 3017
  (a) All vote by mail ballots cast under this division shall be voted on or before the day of the election. After marking the ballot,...
• California Elections Code Section 3018
  (a) Any voter using a vote by mail ballot may, prior to the close of the polls on election day, vote the ballot at the...
• California Elections Code Section 3019
  Upon receipt of the vote by mail ballot the elections official shall compare the signature on the envelope with that appearing on the affidavit of...
• California Elections Code Section 3020
  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...
• California Elections Code Section 3021
  After the close of the period for requesting vote by mail voter ballots by mail any voter unable to go to the polls because of...
• California Elections Code Section 3022
  The elections official shall include with the sample ballot an application for a vote by mail ballot.
• California Elections Code Section 3023
  Each ballot that is delivered pursuant to this chapter shall be accompanied by a ballot pamphlet, unless the voter has already been provided a ballot
• California Elections Code Section 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...
• California Elections Code Section 3100
  When a voter who qualifies as a special absentee voter pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 300 applies for a vote by mail ballot, the...
• California Elections Code Section 3101
  Upon timely receipt of the application for a vote by mail ballot, the elections official shall examine the application to ascertain that it is properly...
• California Elections Code Section 3102
  (a) Applications for the ballots of special absentee voters shall be received and, except as provided in Section 3103.5, the ballots shall be received and...
• California Elections Code Section 3102
  (a) Applications for the ballots of special absentee voters shall be received, and the ballots shall be received and canvassed at the same time and...
• California Elections Code Section 3103
  (a) Any application made pursuant to this chapter that is received by the elections official prior to the 60th day before the election shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 3103
  (a) Any application made pursuant to this chapter that is received by the elections official prior to the 60th day before the election shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 3103.5
  (a) (1) A special absentee voter who is temporarily living outside of the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia, or...
• California Elections Code Section 3104
  Any vote by mail ballot application by a qualified special absentee voter shall also be deemed an affidavit of voter registration and an application for...
• California Elections Code Section 3106
  When the application is received by an elections official, other than a county elections official, the elections official receiving it shall, after the election, transmit...
• California Elections Code Section 3107
  If any special absentee voter is released from service after the closing date of registration for an election and has returned to the county of...
• California Elections Code Section 3108
  If any special absentee voter to whom a vote by mail ballot has been mailed and which ballot has not been voted by him or...
• California Elections Code Section 3109
  If any special absentee voter returns to the county of his or her residence after the final day for making application for a vote by...
• California Elections Code Section 3110
  If a special absentee voter is unable to appear at his or her polling place because of being recalled to service after the final day...
• California Elections Code Section 3111
  Whenever by any statute of the United States, provision is made for vote by mail, an application for a vote by mail ballot made under...
• California Elections Code Section 3112
  If by any act of Congress which is now or may become effective during the effective period of this section, provision is made for voting...
• California Elections Code Section 3200
  A voter who qualifies under this chapter shall be entitled to become a permanent vote by mail voter.
• California Elections Code Section 3201
  Any voter may apply for permanent vote by mail status. Application for permanent vote by mail status shall be made in accordance with Section 3001,...
• California Elections Code Section 3202
  In lieu of executing the application set forth in Section 3201, any voter may execute a request for permanent vote by mail status by making...
• California Elections Code Section 3203
  (a) Upon receipt of an application for permanent vote by mail status, the county elections official shall process the application in the same manner as...
• California Elections Code Section 3204
  The county elections official shall send a copy of the list of all voters who qualify as permanent vote by mail voters to each city...
• California Elections Code Section 3205
  (a) Vote by mail ballots mailed to, and received from, voters on the permanent vote by mail voter list are subject to the same deadlines...
• California Elections Code Section 3206
  A voter whose name appears on the permanent vote by mail voter list shall remain on the list and shall be mailed a vote by...
• California Elections Code Section 3300
  It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that this chapter facilitate the federal mandate of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act...
• California Elections Code Section 3301
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this chapter shall govern the voter registration and voting of a person in any federal election...
• California Elections Code Section 3302
  Each citizen residing outside the United States shall have the right to register for, and to vote by, a vote by mail ballot in any...
• California Elections Code Section 3303
  Any person described in Section 3302 who desires to register and vote under this chapter shall apply in writing to the elections official of the...
• California Elections Code Section 3304
  (a) Any application made pursuant to this chapter that is received by the elections official prior to the 60th day before the election shall be...
• California Elections Code Section 3305
  Upon receipt of an application for registration and a vote by mail ballot by a person who meets the requirements of Section 3302, the county...
• California Elections Code Section 3307
  (a) As soon as possible after the 60th day before the federal election, the county elections official shall mail or deliver a ballot to each...
• California Elections Code Section 3308
  Upon timely receipt of the application for a vote by mail ballot, the county elections official shall examine the application to ascertain that it is...
• California Elections Code Section 3310
  Applications for the ballots of overseas voters shall be received and their ballots shall be received and canvassed at the same time and under the...
• California Elections Code Section 3311
  All vote by mail ballots cast pursuant to this chapter shall be received by the county elections official not later than 8 p.m. on the...
• California Elections Code Section 3400
  Registration for new residents shall be in progress beginning with the 14th day prior to an election and ending on the seventh day prior to...
• California Elections Code Section 3402
  The Secretary of State shall have blank affidavits of registration prepared for new residents that contain the information required in Section 2157. The affidavit shall...
• California Elections Code Section 3403
  The envelope into which a new resident is to place the ballot shall bear upon its face the name and official title of the county...
• California Elections Code Section 3404
  The new resident shall mark the ballot, place it in the identification envelope, and fill out and sign the declaration printed on the identification envelope.
• California Elections Code Section 3405
  The ballots of new residents shall be received and canvassed at the same time and under the same procedure as vote by mail voter ballots,...
• California Elections Code Section 3408
  The county elections official shall keep open to public inspection a list showing the names and addresses of all persons who have voted as new
• California Elections Code Section 3500
  Any new citizen is eligible to register and vote at the office of the county elections official at any time beginning on the 14th day...
• California Elections Code Section 3501
  A new citizen registering to vote after the close of registration shall provide the county elections official with proof of citizenship prior to voting, and...
• California Elections Code Section 3502
  The ballots of new citizens shall be received and canvassed at the same time and under the same procedure as vote by mail voter ballots,...
• California Elections Code Section 3503
  The county elections official shall keep open to public inspection a list of all persons who have registered as new citizens.
• California Elections Code Section 4000
  A local, special, or consolidated election may be conducted wholly by mail provided that all of the following conditions apply: (a) The governing body of...
• California Elections Code Section 4002
  Notwithstanding Section 4000, a special district may conduct its elections by mail in accordance with Sections 1500, 4104, 4105, and 4108.
• California Elections Code Section 4003
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any district has adopted the all-mailed ballot procedure for conducting general district elections pursuant to Section 4104 and...
• California Elections Code Section 4004
  (a) "Small city" means a city with a population of 100,000 or less, as determined by the annual city total population rankings by the Demographic...
• California Elections Code Section 4100
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, mail ballot elections shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3000) of Division 3.
• California Elections Code Section 4101
  Notwithstanding Sections 13300 and 13303, the elections official shall not commence to mail the combined sample ballot and mail ballot prior to the 29th day...
• California Elections Code Section 4102
  The elections official may include in the mailings set forth in Section 4101 a printed notice to the voters informing the voters that they may...
• California Elections Code Section 4103
  Notwithstanding Section 3020, ballots cast under this chapter shall be returned to the elections official from whom they were obtained no later than 8 p.m....
• California Elections Code Section 4104
  (a) At the first general district election conducted by all-mailed ballot the following question shall be printed on the ballot and boxes shall be provided...
• California Elections Code Section 4105
  The question set forth in Section 4104, as to whether an all-mailed ballot election is required to be used in the conduct of all future...
• California Elections Code Section 4106
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a governing board in the County of San Diego may adopt a resolution requiring its...
• California Elections Code Section 4107
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of the Marina County Water District in the County of Monterey may adopt a resolution...
• California Elections Code Section 4108
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and regardless of the number of eligible voters within its boundaries a district may, by resolution of its governing...
• California Elections Code Section 5000
  (a) For purposes of this division, the definition of "party" in Section 338 is applicable. (b) This chapter shall apply to political bodies and to...
• California Elections Code Section 5001
  Whenever a group of electors desires to qualify a new political party meeting the requirements of Section 5100, that group shall form a political body...
• California Elections Code Section 5002
  Upon receipt of the notice specified in Section 5001, the Secretary of State shall notify each county elections official of the name of the political...
• California Elections Code Section 5003
  A political body within the first 70 days after filing the formal notice required by Section 5001 is entitled, upon request to the Secretary of...
• California Elections Code Section 5004
  If by the 135th day before any primary election, a political body filing notice pursuant to Section 5001 has not qualified as a political party...
• California Elections Code Section 5005
  Until otherwise provided for by statute, a political party newly qualified pursuant to Section 5100 shall carry on its activities in accordance with procedures applicable...
• California Elections Code Section 5006
  Any political party newly qualifying pursuant to Section 5100 shall conduct its presidential primary election in accordance with procedures applicable to any other political party...
• California Elections Code Section 5100
  A party is qualified to participate in any primary election under any of the following conditions: (a) If at the last preceding gubernatorial election there...
• California Elections Code Section 5100.5
  (a) Upon the occurrence of the gubernatorial election, each party shall have its qualifications reviewed by the Secretary of State. A party that does not...
• California Elections Code Section 5101
  Whenever the registration of any party that qualified in the previous direct primary election falls below one-fifteenth of 1 percent of the total state registration,...
• California Elections Code Section 5102
  No party shall be recognized or qualified to participate in any primary election that either directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or...
• California Elections Code Section 5200
  Not less than 123 days before a primary election, the Secretary of State shall, with the advice and consent of the Attorney General, determine which...
• California Elections Code Section 6000
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alquist Open Presidential Primary Act."
• California Elections Code Section 6001
  This chapter applies to the Democratic Party.
• California Elections Code Section 6002
  This chapter applies both to the selection of delegates and alternates pledged to the candidacy of a particular candidate and to the selection of delegates...
• California Elections Code Section 6003
  (a) Participation in the delegate selection process in primaries and caucuses shall be restricted to Democratic voters only who publicly declare their party preference as...
• California Elections Code Section 6004
  All official Democratic Party meetings and events related to the national convention delegate selection process, including caucuses, conventions, committee meetings, filing dates, and party enrollment...
• California Elections Code Section 6005
  (a) In the selection of the state's national convention delegation as a whole, consideration shall be given to achieving the goals of the State Democratic...
• California Elections Code Section 6020
  (a) The Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary...
• California Elections Code Section 6021
  (a) All persons wishing to be elected to a district-level or at-large delegate or alternate position shall file a statement of candidacy designating the presidential...
• California Elections Code Section 6023
  The notification of the number of delegates and alternate delegates shall be in substantially the following form: Statement of Number of Delegates and Alternate Delegates...
• California Elections Code Section 6024
  If the Chairperson of the Democratic State Central Committee fails to file the notice required by Section 6020 with the Secretary of State, the Secretary...
• California Elections Code Section 6040
  This article shall apply to the designation of candidates by the Secretary of State for placement only on the presidential primary ballot.
• California Elections Code Section 6041
  The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the presidential primary ballot when he or she has determined that the candidate...
• California Elections Code Section 6042
  When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6041, he or she shall notify...
• California Elections Code Section 6043
  If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the time specified in Section 6042, an affidavit...
• California Elections Code Section 6060
  This article shall apply to the qualification for placement on the presidential primary ballot of candidates who are not selected candidates as referred to in...
• California Elections Code Section 6061
  Any unselected candidate or uncommitted delegation desiring to be placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated on behalf of the candidacy....
• California Elections Code Section 6080
  Each selected candidate and each candidate who seeks to qualify under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6060) of this chapter and each group proposing an...
• California Elections Code Section 6081
  The chairperson of a steering committee, at least 82 days prior to the presidential primary, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing...
• California Elections Code Section 6082
  Each steering committee shall be responsible for the circulation of nomination papers of candidates who seek to qualify under Article 4 (commencing with Section 6060)...
• California Elections Code Section 6086
  On a day specified by the Democratic State Central Committee preceding the presidential primary election, at 3 p.m., the caucus chairperson in each congressional district...
• California Elections Code Section 6087
  Presidential candidates and uncommitted delegations or their steering committees shall take steps to ensure public participation in the delegate selection process, which shall include, but...
• California Elections Code Section 6100
  This article shall govern the circulation of nomination papers to qualify unselected candidates and uncommitted delegations for placement on the presidential primary ballot.
• California Elections Code Section 6101
  Nomination papers to be circulated pursuant to Section 6061 shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and verified and shall be left for examination with the county...
• California Elections Code Section 6102
  Upon the filing of nomination papers pursuant to Section 6061 signed by the required number of voters, the candidate or uncommitted delegation named in the...
• California Elections Code Section 6103
  Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the presidential primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the chairperson of the steering committee...
• California Elections Code Section 6104
  Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. Each signer shall print his or her name, indicate his or her place of...
• California Elections Code Section 6105
  Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the candidate or chairperson of the steering committee in the...
• California Elections Code Section 6106
  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it,...
• California Elections Code Section 6107
  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise...
• California Elections Code Section 6108
  The nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF...
• California Elections Code Section 6122
  Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper for which they were appointed at any time between the period of 120 days and 63 days,...
• California Elections Code Section 6123
  A county elections official or his or her deputy may not circulate a nomination paper and circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of...
• California Elections Code Section 6140
  Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the steering committee, or to its...
• California Elections Code Section 6141
  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper shall be numbered in order.
• California Elections Code Section 6142
  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened
• California Elections Code Section 6143
  The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name...
• California Elections Code Section 6144
  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to...
• California Elections Code Section 6145
  The county elections official's certificate to nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form: Certificate of County Elections Official to Nomination Papers To the...
• California Elections Code Section 6146
  No filing fee shall be required from any person in order to file nomination papers.
• California Elections Code Section 6160
  At least 60 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall notify each steering committee whether or not it has qualified a candidate...
• California Elections Code Section 6141
  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper shall be numbered in order.
• California Elections Code Section 6142
  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened
• California Elections Code Section 6143
  The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name...
• California Elections Code Section 6144
  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to...
• California Elections Code Section 6145
  The county elections official's certificate to nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form: Certificate of County Elections Official to Nomination Papers To the...
• California Elections Code Section 6146
  No filing fee shall be required from any person in order to file nomination papers.
• California Elections Code Section 6180
  At least 68 days before a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list containing the...
• California Elections Code Section 6200
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this article governs the selection of district level delegates and alternates, unpledged delegates, pledged party leaders and elected...
• California Elections Code Section 6201
  (a) District level delegate positions shall be allocated to presidential preferences through a primary proportional representation system. (b) The 241 district-level delegates and 40 alternates...
• California Elections Code Section 6220
  The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of...
• California Elections Code Section 6222
  No fee shall be required of any person as a condition of receiving a certificate of selection as a delegate or an alternate.
• California Elections Code Section 6240
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a space shall be provided on the presidential primary ballot for a voter to write in the name of...
• California Elections Code Section 6241
  Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for unpledged delegate shall, not later than 21 days before...
• California Elections Code Section 6300
  (a) This chapter shall be applicable only to the presidential primary ballot of the Republican Party, and qualified parties for which no other provisions apply....
• California Elections Code Section 6320
  The chairperson of the state central committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary as to...
• California Elections Code Section 6321
  The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form: STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION...
• California Elections Code Section 6322
  If the chairperson of the state central committee fails to file a notice as to the number of delegates, the Secretary of State shall ascertain...
• California Elections Code Section 6323
  The Secretary of State shall, on or before the 110th day preceding the presidential primary, certify to the county elections official of each county the...
• California Elections Code Section 6340
  The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Republican presidential primary ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that...
• California Elections Code Section 6341
  When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6340, he or she shall notify...
• California Elections Code Section 6342
  If a selected candidate or a nonselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an...
• California Elections Code Section 6343
  Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated in his or her...
• California Elections Code Section 6360
  Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed and verified shall be left, for examination, with the county elections official of the county in which they are...
• California Elections Code Section 6361
  Each signer of a nomination paper may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his or her intention to support the candidate for...
• California Elections Code Section 6362
  Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the names of the candidate. Each section shall bear the name of the...
• California Elections Code Section 6363
  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it,...
• California Elections Code Section 6364
  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise...
• California Elections Code Section 6365
  The nomination paper for a candidate shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATE Section...
• California Elections Code Section 6382
  Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of a candidate at any time not more than 104 nor less than 74 days prior to...
• California Elections Code Section 6383
  A county elections official or deputy county elections official may not circulate a nomination paper. Circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any...
• California Elections Code Section 6400
  Each section of a nomination paper shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate or his or her designee. All the...
• California Elections Code Section 6401
  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.
• California Elections Code Section 6402
  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be thus...
• California Elections Code Section 6403
  The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name...
• California Elections Code Section 6404
  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to...
• California Elections Code Section 6405
  The county elections official's certificate to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form: COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIAL'S CERTIFICATE TO NOMINATION PAPERS...
• California Elections Code Section 6406
  No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at a presidential primary.
• California Elections Code Section 6420
  The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of...
• California Elections Code Section 6421
  The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to the candidate who received the...
• California Elections Code Section 6422
  The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certification to each person selected as a delegate.
• California Elections Code Section 6440
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a space shall be provided on the presidential primary ballot for an elector to write in the name of...
• California Elections Code Section 6441
  Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, not later than...
• California Elections Code Section 6442
  Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a plurality of the votes cast for President of the United States shall, within 10 days after the...
• California Elections Code Section 6443
  If the candidate fails to file a list of delegates, the state central committee of the party in whose primary the candidate received the plurality...
• California Elections Code Section 6460
  Every candidate whether selected pursuant to Section 6340, or unselected as referred to in Section 6343, who wishes to have a delegation of electors pledged...
• California Elections Code Section 6461
  (a) The delegation of each candidate shall be composed as follows: (1) Seventy-eight percent of the delegation, or the nearest whole number thereto which provides...
• California Elections Code Section 6480
  The format of the presidential portion of the Republican primary ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with...
• California Elections Code Section 6500
  This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the American Independent Party only.
• California Elections Code Section 6501
  The presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a delegate selection portion.
• California Elections Code Section 6502
  No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any presidential primary.
• California Elections Code Section 6520
  The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the American Independent Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State has...
• California Elections Code Section 6521
  When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6520, he or she shall notify...
• California Elections Code Section 6522
  If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an...
• California Elections Code Section 6523
  Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for delegates,...
• California Elections Code Section 6524
  The name of any presidential candidate, to whom are pledged a group of candidates who have qualified by petition for the delegate selection portion of...
• California Elections Code Section 6540
  The Chairperson of the State Central Committee of the American Independent Party shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding...
• California Elections Code Section 6541
  The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form: STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION...
• California Elections Code Section 6542
  If the chairperson of the state central committee fails to file a notice as to the number of delegates, the Secretary of State shall ascertain...
• California Elections Code Section 6543
  The Secretary of State shall, on or before the 110th day preceding the presidential primary, certify to the county elections official of each county the...
• California Elections Code Section 6560
  Any three or more voters of the state who are registered as intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party may join as a committee...
• California Elections Code Section 6561
  The committee, on or before the 104th day before the presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the name...
• California Elections Code Section 6562
  The number of candidates for delegates grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the
• California Elections Code Section 6563
  The candidates of each group shall be selected as follows: (a) No less than two-thirds shall be selected to represent congressional districts, and each of...
• California Elections Code Section 6564
  The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in the manner...
• California Elections Code Section 6565
  Each group of candidates for delegates that intends to pledge itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential nominee shall have the endorsement...
• California Elections Code Section 6566
  Any candidate whose nomination paper is filed in more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.
• California Elections Code Section 6567
  Each candidate for delegate to the American Independent Party convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the circulation of nomination papers of the...
• California Elections Code Section 6568
  Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the American Independent Party equal in number to not less...
• California Elections Code Section 6580
  This article applies to the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot, to the nomination of a slate of...
• California Elections Code Section 6581
  Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed and verified shall be left, for examination, with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated...
• California Elections Code Section 6582
  Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot may sign only one paper. He or she shall declare his or her intention...
• California Elections Code Section 6583
  Any nomination paper may be presented in sections. Each section shall contain the name of the presidential preference candidate, or the names of the candidates...
• California Elections Code Section 6584
  Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it,...
• California Elections Code Section 6585
  A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise...
• California Elections Code Section 6586
  The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER...
• California Elections Code Section 6587
  The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates, to the national convention shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER...
• California Elections Code Section 6591
  Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 104 nor less than...
• California Elections Code Section 6592
  An elections official or deputy elections official may not serve as a circulator and circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election...
• California Elections Code Section 6593
  Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned to the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives. All the sections circulated in...
• California Elections Code Section 6594
  Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
• California Elections Code Section 6595
  Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened
• California Elections Code Section 6596
  The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark "not sufficient" the name of...
• California Elections Code Section 6597
  Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to them...
• California Elections Code Section 6598
  The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF...
• California Elections Code Section 6599
  Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall...
• California Elections Code Section 6620
  For the presidential primary election, the format of the American Independent Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division...
• California Elections Code Section 6621
  Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, not later than...
• California Elections Code Section 6640
  The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of...
• California Elections Code Section 6641
  The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to each person who is a...
• California Elections Code Section 6642
  Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a plurality of the votes cast in the delegate selection primary shall, within 37 days after the primary...
• California Elections Code Section 6643
  If the candidate fails to file a list of delegates, the state central committee of the party shall, within 10 days of the end of...
• California Elections Code Section 6644
  If a group of candidates for delegates preferring a particular presidential candidate are elected at the presidential primary, the delegates to the national convention shall,...
• California Elections Code Section 6645
  If a group of candidates for delegates expressing no preference for a particular presidential candidate are elected, the chairperson of the group shall serve as...
• California Elections Code Section 6646
  If a vacancy exists in the office of the delegate or alternate, the chairperson of the delegation shall designate a person to fill that vacancy.
• California Elections Code Section 6647
  The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in his or her place and shall otherwise discharge...
• California Elections Code Section 6700
  This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the Peace and Freedom Party only.
• California Elections Code Section 6701
  The Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a national convention delegate selection portion.
• California Elections Code Section 6702
  No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary.
• California Elections Code Section 6720
  The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State...
• California Elections Code Section 6721
  On or before the 150th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class mail to the Chairpersons...
• California Elections Code Section 6722
  On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for...
• California Elections Code Section 6723
  When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6720 and 6722, the Secretary of...
• California Elections Code Section 6724
  If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an...
• California Elections Code Section 6725
  Any unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for delegates,...
• California Elections Code Section 6726
  Whenever a group of candidates for delegates pledged to a particular presidential candidate qualifies by petition for the national convention delegate selection portion of the...
• California Elections Code Section 6740
  The Chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the...
• California Elections Code Section 6741
  The notification of national affiliation and number of national convention delegates shall be in substantially the following form: STATEMENT OF NATIONAL AFFILIATION AND NUMBER OF...
• California Elections Code Section 6742
  If the Chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee fails to file the notice required by Section 6741 by the 120th day...
• California Elections Code Section 6743
  On or before the 110th day before the presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall certify all of the following to the elections official of...
• California Elections Code Section 6744
  For the purposes of this chapter, the boundary between the northern and southern territories of the state shall be that latitudinal line coinciding with the...
• California Elections Code Section 6745
  The number of delegate candidates to be selected from each territory by each group shall be, to the nearest whole number, proportional to that portion...
• California Elections Code Section 6760
  Any five or more voters of the state who are registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party may join as a committee in...
• California Elections Code Section 6761
  The committee, on or before the 104th day before the presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the name...
• California Elections Code Section 6762
  The number of candidates for delegate grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the...
• California Elections Code Section 6763
  The names of the grouped candidates shall be so selected that the portion of the candidates for national convention delegates residing in the northern and...
• California Elections Code Section 6764
  The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in the manner...
• California Elections Code Section 6765
  Each group of candidates for dele