(a) The Secretary of State shall mail state voter information guides to voters, in those instances in which the county elections official uses data processing equipment to store the information set forth in the affidavits of registration, before the election at which measures contained in the state voter information guide are to be voted on unless a voter has registered fewer than 29 days before the election. The mailing shall commence not less than 40 days before the election and shall be completed no later than 21 days before the election for those voters who registered on or before the 60th day before the election. The Secretary of State shall mail one copy of the state voter information guide to each registered voter at the postal address stated on the voter’s affidavit of registration, or the Secretary of State may mail only one state voter information guide to two or more registered voters having the same postal address.
(b) In those instances in which the county elections official does not use data processing equipment to store the information set forth in the affidavits of registration, the Secretary of State shall furnish state voter information guides to the county elections official not less than 45 days before the election at which measures contained in the state voter information guide are to be voted on and the county elections official shall mail state voter information guides to voters, on the same dates and in the same manner provided by subdivision (a).
(c) The Secretary of State shall provide for the mailing of state voter information guides to voters registering after the 60th day before the election and before the 28th day before the election, by either: (1) mailing in the manner as provided in subdivision (a), or (2) requiring the county elections official to mail state voter information guides to those voters registering in the county after the 60th day before the election and before the 28th day before the election pursuant to this section. The second mailing of state voter information guides shall be completed no later than 10 days before the election. The county elections official shall mail a state voter information guide to any person requesting a state voter information guide. Three copies, to be supplied by the Secretary of State, shall be kept at every polling place, while an election is in progress, so that they may be freely consulted by the voters.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 38. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018