ARTICLE 3. Challenging a Voter [14240. - 14253.]
Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 14240–14253 · 14 sections
- § 14240 (a) A person offering to vote may be orally challenged within the polling place only by a member of the precinct board upon any or all of the following…
- § 14241 A piece of mailed matter returned undelivered by the post office shall not be accepted or used as evidence upon which to initiate a challenge as to residency…
- § 14242 The ground for challenge set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14240 shall not apply to any person duly registered as a voter in any…
- § 14243 If the challenge is on the ground that the person seeking to vote is not the person whose name appears on the roster, a member of the precinct board shall…
- § 14244 If the challenge is on the ground that the person seeking to vote is not a resident of the precinct, or in an election conducted using a voter center, not a…
- § 14245 If the challenge is on the ground that the person challenged has already cast a ballot for this election, a member of the precinct board shall tender to the…
- § 14246 If the challenge is on the ground either that the person challenged is not the person whose name appears on the roster, or that he or she has voted that day,…
- § 14247 Challenges of voters that they are not residents of the precinct or citizens of the United States shall be tried and determined by the precinct board at the…
- § 14248 Before administering an oath to a person regarding his or her place of residence, a member of the precinct board shall read to the person challenged, the rules…
- § 14249 If any person challenged refuses to take the oaths tendered, or refuses to be sworn and to answer the questions concerning the matter of residence, that person…
- § 14250 The precinct board, in determining the place of residence of any person, shall be governed by the rules set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2020)…
- § 14251 Any doubt in the interpretation of the law shall be resolved in favor of the challenged voter.
- § 14252 The precinct board shall compile a list showing all of the following: (a) The name and address of each person challenged. (b) The name, address, and any other…
- § 14253 In the event that the precinct board determines that persistent challenging of voters is resulting in a delay of voting sufficient to cause voters to forego…