California Elections Code ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting

• Section 18560.
  Every person is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or...
• Section 18561.
  Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years...
• Section 18562.
  Every member of a precinct board is guilty of a misdemeanor who, prior to putting the ballot of a voter in the ballot box, commits...
• Section 18562.5.
  (a) A member of the public is guilty of a misdemeanor if, while observing any of the following, he or she willfully engages in any conduct...
• Section 18563.
  Every member of a precinct board is guilty of a misdemeanor who, without the consent of a voter, discloses the name of any candidate the...
• Section 18564.
  Any person is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or...
• Section 18564.5.
  (a) The Secretary of State, Attorney General, and any local elections official in the county in which the act occurs, may bring a civil action against...
• Section 18565.
  Any person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses described in Section 18564 is punishable by imprisonment in the county...
• Section 18566.
  Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years who:(a) Forges or...
• Section 18567.
  Every person who willfully adds to or subtracts from the votes actually cast at an election, in any official or unofficial returns, or who alters...
• Section 18568.
  Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the...
• Section 18569.
  Every person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses mentioned in Section 18566, 18567, or 18568 is punishable by imprisonment...
• Section 18570.
  Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who does any one of the following:(a) Removes or defaces any posted copy of the results of votes cast...
• Section 18571.
  Any person acting on any counting board who refuses to obey any lawful order of the county elections official or his or her deputy is...
• Section 18572.
  Each counting board and its members are subject to the liabilities and penalties to which precinct boards or their members are subject where the votes...
• Section 18573.
  Every person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or...
• Section 18573.5.
  (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person who is providing care or direct supervision to an elder in a state-licensed or state-subsidized facility or program...
• Section 18574.
  Every person who, after being required by the precinct board at an election, refuses to be sworn or, being sworn, refuses to answer any pertinent...
• Section 18575.
  Every person is guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal...
• Section 18576.
  Any person who willfully (a) interferes with the prompt delivery of a completed vote by mail ballot application, (b) retains a completed vote by mail...
• Section 18577.
  Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official...
• Section 18578.
  Any person who applies for, or who votes or attempts to vote, a vote by mail ballot by fraudulently signing the name of a fictitious...

Last modified: October 22, 2018