California Elections Code CHAPTER 4.5 - California New Motor Voter Program

  • Section 2260.
    This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California New Motor Voter Program.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. (AB 1461)...
  • Section 2261.
    The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Voter registration is one of the biggest barriers to participation in our democracy.(b) In 1993, Congress enacted the...
  • Section 2262.
    (a) The Secretary of State and the Department of Motor Vehicles shall establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for...
  • Section 2263.
    (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a schedule and method for the department to electronically provide to...
  • Section 2264.
    (a) The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information obtained from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 2263 to any person, or the use of any...
  • Section 2265.
    (a) The records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2263 shall constitute a completed affidavit of registration and the Secretary...
  • Section 2266.
    A person registered to vote under this chapter may cancel his or her voter registration at any time by any method available to any other...
  • Section 2267.
    This chapter does not affect the confidentiality of a person’s voter registration information, which remains confidential pursuant to Section 2194 of this code and Section...
  • Section 2268.
    If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person...
  • Section 2269.
    If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election...
  • Section 2270.
    The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations addressing both of the following:(a) A process for canceling the registration of a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018