California Elections Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 12300.
  Any voter, or any individual who possesses the qualifications set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 12302, may file an application with...
• Section 12301.
  The persons appointed to serve as election officers for each precinct at any election shall constitute the precinct board for that precinct.(Enacted by Stats. 1994,...
• Section 12302.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a member of a precinct board shall be a voter of the state. The member may serve...
• Section 12303.
  (a) A person who cannot read or write the English language is not eligible to act as a member of any precinct board.(b) It is the intent...
• Section 12304.
  (a) The composition of the precinct board shall be determined by the elections official based on election precinct size. The precinct board shall consist of a...
• Section 12306.
  The county elections official of any county, in appointing members of the several precinct boards to serve in the direct primary and general elections under...
• Section 12307.
  Upon filing the list of names and addresses of those who have been appointed members of the precinct board, the elections official shall immediately mail...
• Section 12309.
  (a) Following the appointment of members of precinct boards, the elections official shall instruct inspectors so appointed concerning their duties in connection with the conduct of...
• Section 12309.5.
  (a) No later than June 30, 2005, the Secretary of State shall adopt uniform standards for the training of precinct board members, based upon the recommendations...
• Section 12310.
  Each member of a precinct board shall receive compensation from the governing body of the jurisdiction. This sum shall be paid out of the treasury...
• Section 12311.
  No public agency shall be required as the result of any assignment or transfer to pay the stipend of an election officer for services to...
• Section 12312.
  A person shall not be suspended or discharged from any service or employment because of absence while serving as an election officer.(Amended by Stats. 2017,...
• Section 12313.
  (a) If any member of a precinct board does not appear at the opening of the polls on the morning of an election, those voters present,...
• Section 12314.
  The inspector may appoint a voter to replace any precinct board member who ceases to act or becomes incapacitated during the progress of an election.(Amended...
• Section 12315.
  If the inspector ceases to act, a majority of the remaining members of the precinct board may appoint a substitute.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920,...
• Section 12316.
  In constituting precinct boards, the elections official may excuse persons appointed whom the elections official is satisfied ought to be excused. Substitutions may be made...
• Section 12318.
  (a) Following the notification of the precinct board members appointed pursuant to Section 12307, the county elections official shall mail or deliver to the county central...
• Section 12319.
  The elections official shall immediately mail or deliver to each person appointed as inspector a notice showing the precinct polling place and the voters appointed...
• Section 12320.
  No person is eligible to act as an election officer until the declaration required by Section 12321 has been signed.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920,...
• Section 12321.
  (a) (1) Each inspector shall sign a declaration of intention to faithfully discharge the duties of inspector and shall return it to the elections official at least...
• Section 12327.
  (a) If the precinct board members for any precinct have not been appointed or cannot serve, or the polling place has not been designated prior to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018