DIVISION 2. VOTERS [2000. - 2700.]

Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 2000–2700 · 164 sections

CHAPTER 1. Voter Qualifications §§ 2000–2053 · 21 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 2000 · 1 section
  - § 2000 (a) Every person who qualifies under Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution and who complies with this code governing the registration of…
2. ARTICLE 2. Determination of Residence and Domicile §§ 2020–2035 · 16 sections
  - § 2020 The term of domicile is computed by including the day on which the person’s domicile commenced and by excluding the day of the election.
  - § 2021 (a) A person who leaves his or her home to go into another state or precinct in this state for temporary purposes merely, with the intention of returning, does…
  - § 2022 If a person moves to another state with the intention of making it his or her domicile, the voter loses his or her domicile in this state.
  - § 2023 If a person moves to another state as a place of permanent residence, with the intention of remaining there for an indefinite time, he or she loses his or her…
  - § 2024 The mere intention to acquire a new domicile, without the fact of removal avails nothing, neither does the fact of removal without the intention.
  - § 2025 A person does not gain or lose a domicile solely by reason of his or her presence or absence from a place while employed in the service of the United States or…
  - § 2026 The domicile of a Member of the Legislature or a Representative in the Congress of the United States shall be conclusively presumed to be at the residence…
  - § 2027 The place where a person’s family is domiciled is his or her domicile unless it is a place for temporary establishment for his or her family or for transient…
  - § 2028 If a person has a family fixed in one place, and the person does business in another place, the former is the person’s place of domicile. However, if the…
  - § 2029 The domicile of one spouse shall not be presumed to be that of the other, but shall be determined independently in accordance with this article.
  - § 2030 A domiciliary of this state who marries a person employed temporarily in this state in the service of the United States government, may elect to retain his or…
  - § 2031 If a person has more than one residence and that person maintains a homeowner’s property tax exemption on the dwelling of one of the residences pursuant to…
  - § 2032 Except as provided in this article, if a person has more than one residence and that person has not physically resided at any one of the residences within the…
  - § 2033 Whenever the house number or the mailing address of a voter has been changed and the voter’s domicile is the same, the public agency authorizing the change…
  - § 2034 A person domiciled in a house or apartment lying in more than one precinct shall be registered as domiciled in the precinct designated by the county elections…
  - § 2035 A person duly registered as a voter in any precinct in California who removes therefrom within 14 days prior to an election shall, for the purpose of that…
3. ARTICLE 3. Visually Impaired Voters §§ 2050–2053 · 4 sections
  - § 2050 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Visually Impaired Voter Assistance Act of 1989.
  - § 2051 As used in this article, “visually impaired” means a person having central visual acuity not to exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or…
  - § 2052 It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the fundamental right to vote of visually impaired individuals, and to make efforts to improve public awareness…
  - § 2053 The Secretary of State shall establish a Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee. The Secretary of State shall consult with the committee and consider the…
CHAPTER 2. Registration §§ 2100–2194.1 · 81 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2100–2124 · 21 sections
  - § 2100 A person shall not be registered except as provided in this chapter or Chapter 4.5, except upon the production and filing of a certified copy of a judgment of…
  - § 2101 (a) A person entitled to register to vote shall be a United States citizen, a resident of California, not imprisoned for the conviction of a felony, and at…
  - § 2102 (a) Except as provided in Chapter 4.5, a person shall not be registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration. The affidavit of registration shall be…
  - § 2103 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the election board of each county, in order to promote and encourage voter registrations, shall establish a…
  - § 2105 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain voter registration at the highest possible level. (b) A county that does not satisfy the conditions to…
  - § 2105.5 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall do both of the following: (1) Establish and maintain on the department’s Internet Web site a…
  - § 2105.6 (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide each person on parole under its jurisdiction, upon that person’s request made at any time…
  - § 2105.7 (a) A state or local juvenile detention facility, including, but not limited to, a juvenile hall, juvenile ranch, juvenile camp, or a facility of the…
  - § 2106 A program adopted by a county pursuant to Section 2103 or 2105, that is designed to encourage the registration of electors, shall contain the following…
  - § 2111 A person may prove he or she is a citizen by his or her certification under penalty of perjury on the affidavit of registration.
  - § 2112 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the fact that a person certifies to his or her United States citizenship by signing his or her…
  - § 2114 The county elections official of any county in this state may receive the affidavit of registration of any elector who resides or claims residence in another…
  - § 2115 Whenever a voter, between the time of that person’s last registration and the time for the closing of registration for any given election, has lawfully changed…
  - § 2116 (a) Whenever a voter, between the time of that person’s last voter registration and the time for the closing of registration for any given election, has…
  - § 2119 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d) and Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 2170), the county elections official shall accept affidavits of registration…
  - § 2119.5 (a) From the 14th day immediately preceding an election until the close of polls on election day, in lieu of executing a new affidavit of registration for a…
  - § 2120 (a) If the county elections official receives a letter from a voter stating that the voter has moved to a new address in another county in the state and the…
  - § 2121 No fees may be charged for registration.
  - § 2122 The county elections official may cause to be written or printed upon the top margin, or in the body of the affidavit, in addition to any matter provided for…
  - § 2123 In accordance with Section 11 of the initiative act approved by a majority of the voters at the general election held on November 4, 1930, (Statutes of 1931,…
  - § 2124 The Secretary of State shall, by regulation, adopt uniform standards for proof of residency, which shall apply in all instances where voters and new…
2. ARTICLE 2. Reimbursable Voter Outreach Costs §§ 2130–2131 · 2 sections
  - § 2130 From moneys appropriated by the Legislature, the Controller shall allocate and disburse to the counties the amounts necessary to reimburse them for net costs…
  - § 2131 The Secretary of State may provide grants to local elections officials, nonprofit corporations, and unincorporated associations for the following purposes: (a)…
3. ARTICLE 3. Registration Procedures §§ 2138–2143 · 6 sections
  - § 2138 Individuals and organizations distributing voter registration cards pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 2158 and who receive completed voter registration…
  - § 2138.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an affiant’s driver’s license number, identification card number, social security number, and signature contained on an…
  - § 2139 On the day of the close of registration for any election all individuals and organizations that have submitted plans for distribution shall immediately return…
  - § 2140 The county elections official shall report to the district attorney of the county, under oath, the name of any individuals or organizations that have submitted…
  - § 2142 (a) If the county elections official refuses to register a qualified elector in the county, the elector may proceed by action in the superior court to compel…
  - § 2143 Costs shall not be recovered against the county elections official in any action under this chapter, unless it is alleged in the complaint, and established on…
4. ARTICLE 3.5. Student Voter Registration §§ 2145–2148.5 · 5 sections
  - § 2145 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Student Voter Registration Act of 2003.
  - § 2146 (a) The Secretary of State shall annually provide every high school, community college, and California State University and University of California campus…
  - § 2147 No later than July 1, 2018, the California State University and the California Community Colleges shall implement a process and the infrastructure to allow a…
  - § 2148 (a) Every high school, community college, and California State University campus shall designate a contact person and provide his or her address, telephone…
  - § 2148.5 (a) The Secretary of State shall promote and seek to improve student voter registration rates and participation by developing a Students Vote Project to…
5. ARTICLE 4. Forms §§ 2150–2168 · 29 sections
  - § 2150 (a) The affidavit of registration shall show: (1) The facts necessary to establish the affiant as an elector. (2) The affiant’s name at length, including the…
  - § 2151 (a) At the time of registering and of transferring registration, an elector may disclose the name of the political party that he or she prefers. The name of…
  - § 2152 (a) Whenever any voter has declined to disclose or has changed the voter’s party preference prior to the close of registration for an election, the voter may…
  - § 2153 (a) Except as provided in Section 2154, the affidavit of registration shall show all the facts required to be stated. (b) If the affidavit does not contain all…
  - § 2154 In the event that the county elections official receives an affidavit of registration, executed under penalty of perjury, that does not include portions of the…
  - § 2155 Upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter pursuant to Section 2119, Article 2 (commencing with…
  - § 2155.3 (a) In lieu of the voter notification required by Section 2155, a person under 18 years of age who submits an affidavit of registration pursuant to Section…
  - § 2155.4 An elections official may, upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of registration or address correction notice or letter pursuant to Section 2119,…
  - § 2155.5 (a) The Secretary of State may, in coordination with county elections officials who choose to participate, develop specific procedures to address complaints…
  - § 2156 The Secretary of State shall print, or cause to be printed, the blank forms of the voter notification prescribed by Section 2155 and the voter preregistration…
  - § 2157 (a) Subject to this chapter, the paper affidavit of registration shall be in a form prescribed by regulations adopted by the Secretary of State. The affidavit…
  - § 2157.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that a voter be fully informed of the permissible uses of personal information supplied by him or her for the purpose of…
  - § 2157.2 In order that a voter be fully informed of the permissible uses of personal information supplied by him or her for the purpose of completing a voter…
  - § 2158 County elections officials shall do all of the following: (a) Provide voter registration cards designed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2157 for the…
  - § 2159 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2158, any person who, in exchange for money or other valuable consideration, assists another to…
  - § 2159.5 A person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a person…
  - § 2160 (a) A county elections official may use a provisional ballot envelope as an affidavit of registration. (b) A county elections official who intends to use a…
  - § 2161 The Secretary of State shall print, or cause to be printed, the blank forms of the affidavits of registration and voter registration cards prescribed by this…
  - § 2162 (a) No affidavits of registration other than those provided by the Secretary of State to the county elections officials, provisional ballot envelopes that…
  - § 2163 The Secretary of State shall prepare an appropriate voter registration logo that may be displayed by offices, stores, and other establishments indicating the…
  - § 2164 (a) The Secretary of State shall pay all postage for all of the following: (1) Mailing of the voter notification and the address correction service pursuant to…
  - § 2165 Affidavits of registration shall be processed immediately.
  - § 2166 (a) Any person filing with the county elections official a new affidavit of registration or reregistration may have the information relating to his or her…
  - § 2166.5 (a) Any person filing with the county elections official a new affidavit of registration or reregistration may have the information relating to their residence…
  - § 2166.7 (a) If authorized by the county board of supervisors, a county elections official shall, upon application of a public safety officer, make confidential that…
  - § 2166.8 (a) A county elections official shall, upon application of a qualified worker, make confidential that worker’s residence address, telephone number, and email…
  - § 2166.9 (a) For purposes of this section, “elected official or candidate” means a federal, state, or local elected official or a candidate for an elected federal,…
  - § 2167 Upon the personal or written application of any person, the county elections official shall, at a fee not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50), provide…
  - § 2168 The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain a statewide system to facilitate the reporting of election results and voter and candidate information, and…
6. ARTICLE 4.5. Conditional Voter Registration §§ 2170–2173 · 4 sections
  - § 2170 (a) “Conditional voter registration” means a properly executed affidavit of registration that is delivered by the registrant to the county elections official…
  - § 2171 (a) A conditional voter registration accepted under this article shall include the information required by Article 4 (commencing with Section 2150). (b) A…
  - § 2172 (a) The elections official shall cancel any duplicate voter registrations that may exist as a result of a conditional registration deemed effective and shall…
  - § 2173 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who commits fraud in the execution of a conditional voter registration pursuant to this article shall be punishable…
7. ARTICLE 5. Roster §§ 2183–2194.1 · 14 sections
  - § 2183 (a) The elections official shall supply an electronic copy, or paper copy upon request, of the roster and of supplements to the roster, necessary to bring it…
  - § 2184 Upon request of any Member of the Legislature, of Congress, or any candidate who is to be voted for in the county, in a city therein, or in a political…
  - § 2185 Upon written request of the chair or vice chair of a party state central committee or of the chair of a party county central committee, the county elections…
  - § 2187 (a) Each county elections official shall provide notice to the Secretary of State that the following information is available: (1) The total number of voters…
  - § 2188 (a) Any application for voter registration information available pursuant to law and maintained by the Secretary of State or by the elections official of any…
  - § 2188.1 The Secretary of State may insert fictitious names of voters into the voter registration information database as an investigative and enforcement tool for…
  - § 2188.2 (a) The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations that describe the best practices for storage and security of voter registration information received by an…
  - § 2188.3 A person or entity who has received voter registration information pursuant to an application made under Section 2188 shall, following discovery or…
  - § 2188.5 (a) A person who requests voter information pursuant to Section 2188 or who obtains signatures or other information collected for an initiative, referendum,…
  - § 2189 Before the first day of the opening of the polls for any election held throughout the county, the county elections official shall deliver to the precinct board…
  - § 2191 (a) Upon request, the elections official shall compile a voter list or file, by precinct, of all persons who voted in previous elections. This information…
  - § 2193 The Secretary of State shall, from the information furnished by the county elections officials pursuant to Section 2187, identify possible duplicate voter…
  - § 2194 (a) Except as provided in Section 2194.1, the affidavit of voter registration information identified in Section 7924.000 of the Government Code: (1) Shall be…
  - § 2194.1 Any affidavit of registration information identified in Section 7924.000 of the Government Code in existence 100 years after the creation of the record shall…
CHAPTER 2.5. Online Voter Registration §§ 2196–2198 · 3 sections
- § 2196 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is qualified to register to vote and who has a valid California driver’s license or state identification…
- § 2197 No later than July 1, 2014, the California Health Benefit Exchange shall implement a process and the infrastructure to allow a person who applies online with…
- § 2198 Each Internet Web site maintained by the state shall include a hyperlink on the site’s homepage to the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site…
CHAPTER 3. Cancellation and Voter File Maintenance §§ 2200–2241 · 23 sections
1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 2200–2214 · 13 sections
  - § 2200 The registration of a voter is permanent for all purposes during his or her life, unless and until the affidavit of registration is canceled by the Secretary…
  - § 2201 (a) The county elections official shall cancel the registration in the following cases: (1) At the signed, written request of the person registered. (2) When…
  - § 2202 (a) The county elections official shall preserve all uncanceled affidavits of registration in a secure manner that will protect the confidentiality of the…
  - § 2205 The local registrar of births and deaths shall notify the county elections official not later than the 15th day of each month of all deceased persons 16 years…
  - § 2206 The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to facilitate the availability of death statistics from the State Department of Health Services. The data shall…
  - § 2208 (a) A person is presumed competent to vote regardless of the person’s conservatorship status. A person shall be deemed mentally incompetent, and therefore…
  - § 2209 (a) For conservatorships established pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of the Probate Code, the court investigator shall, during the yearly…
  - § 2210 (a) If the person or the person and estate is under a conservatorship established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division 5…
  - § 2211 (a) Any person who (1) has plead not guilty by reason of insanity and who has been found to be not guilty pursuant to Section 1026 of the Penal Code, (2) has…
  - § 2211.5 (a) By the first day of each month, and more frequently if the clerk so chooses, the clerk of the superior court of each county shall notify the Secretary of…
  - § 2212 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Conviction” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 2101. (2) “Department” means…
  - § 2213 Any person may proceed by action in the superior court to compel the county elections official to cancel any registration made illegally or which should be…
  - § 2214 (a) Each month, the Secretary of State shall post on its internet website a report showing, for the preceding period, the number of voting rights…
2. ARTICLE 2. Residency Confirmation Procedures §§ 2220–2227 · 8 sections
  - § 2220 (a) The county elections official shall conduct a preelection residency confirmation procedure as provided in this article. This procedure shall be completed…
  - § 2221 (a) Based on the postal notices on the returned residency confirmation postcards received pursuant to Section 2220, the county elections official shall take…
  - § 2222 In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 2220, the Secretary of State or a county elections official…
  - § 2223 (a) In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard to each registered voter in the county, the county elections official may include the return address…
  - § 2224 (a) If a voter has not voted in an election within the preceding four years, and the voter’s residence address, name, or party preference has not been updated… see note
  - § 2225 (a) (1) Based on change-of-address data received from the United States Postal Service or its licensees, the county elections official shall send a forwardable…
  - § 2226 (a) Based on change-of-address information received pursuant to Sections 2220 to 2225, inclusive, or change-of-address information provided directly by the… see note
  - § 2227 (a) In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 2220, the county elections official may contract with a…
3. ARTICLE 3. Reimbursable File Maintenance §§ 2240–2241 · 2 sections
  - § 2240 From moneys appropriated by the Legislature, the Controller shall reimburse counties for additional costs incurred by counties for purging voter registration…
  - § 2241 Any claim submitted to the Controller pursuant to this article shall state that the county had reimbursable costs and the number of registered voters in the…
CHAPTER 4. Motor Voter § 2250 · 1 section
- § 2250 On and after July 1, 2007, in any document mailed by a state agency that offers a person the opportunity to register to vote pursuant to the federal National…
CHAPTER 4.5. California New Motor Voter Program §§ 2260–2277 · 18 sections
- § 2260 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California New Motor Voter Program.
- § 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,…
- § 2262 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Completed voter registration” and “completed voter registration…
- § 2263 (a) The Secretary of State and the department shall establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter…
- § 2264 (a) Every driver’s license application shall include a voter registration application. All of the following apply to the voter registration application…
- § 2265 (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a schedule and method for the department to electronically provide to the…
- § 2266 (a) The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information obtained from the department pursuant to Section 2265 to any person, or the use of any false…
- § 2267 (a) If the records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 constitute a completed voter registration application, the…
- § 2268 A person registered or preregistered to vote under this chapter may cancel the person’s voter registration or preregistration at any time by any method…
- § 2269 This chapter does not affect the confidentiality of a person’s voter registration or preregistration information, which remains confidential pursuant to…
- § 2270 If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person of…
- § 2271 If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election held…
- § 2272 (a) The department shall designate an employee, known as the department’s National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) coordinator, who shall be responsible for the…
- § 2273 (a) The department’s NVRA coordinator shall ensure that each employee of the department who interacts with the California New Motor Voter Program shall,…
- § 2274 (a) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall monitor the timeliness of the department’s transmittals to the Secretary of State…
- § 2275 (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a taskforce that includes all of the following members: (1) The Secretary of State’s NVRA coordinator. (2) The…
- § 2276 The Secretary of State, in consultation with the department and the taskforce described in Section 2275, shall annually review the effectiveness of the…
- § 2277 The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations addressing both of the following: (a) A process for canceling…
CHAPTER 5. Voter Bill of Rights §§ 2300–2302 · 3 sections
- § 2300 (a) All voters, pursuant to the California Constitution and this code, shall be citizens of the United States. There shall be a Voter Bill of Rights for…
- § 2301 (a) An international election observer may be provided uniform and nondiscriminatory access to all stages of the election process that are open to the public,…
- § 2302 A voter or any other person shall not be prohibited from using an electronic device, including a smartphone, tablet, or other handheld device, at a polling…
CHAPTER 6. Voter Registration Agencies §§ 2400–2408 · 9 sections
- § 2400 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to facilitate compliance with the requirements set forth in the federal National Voter…
- § 2401 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Voter preference form” means the form described in Section 20506(a)(6)(B)…
- § 2402 (a) The Secretary of State is the chief state elections official responsible for coordination of the state’s responsibilities under the federal National Voter…
- § 2403 (a) A voter registration agency shall comply with the applicable duties and responsibilities of a voter registration agency set forth in the federal National…
- § 2404 (a) The Secretary of State shall do all of the following: (1) Coordinate with each county elections official and voter registration agency to implement this…
- § 2405 (a) A county elections official shall be responsible for coordinating with the Secretary of State and each applicable voter registration agency within the…
- § 2406 (a) A voter registration agency shall do all of the following: (1) Notify the county elections official of each applicable county of the location of each of…
- § 2407 Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month, a county elections official shall report to the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the…
- § 2408 (a) A voter registration agency that allows a person to apply online for service or assistance, or to submit a recertification, renewal, or change of address…
CHAPTER 7. Election Management Systems §§ 2500–2550 · 3 sections
- § 2500 As used in this chapter, an “election management system” is a system that is used by a county in the state to track voter registration or voter preferences,…
- § 2501 (a) No later than January 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, the vendor of an election management system shall cause an exact copy of the source code for each…
- § 2550 (a) For purposes of this section, “electronic poll book” means an electronic list of registered voters that may be transported to the polling location. An…
CHAPTER 8. Language Accessibility § 2600 · 1 section
- § 2600 The Secretary of State shall establish a Language Accessibility Advisory Committee which shall meet no less than four times each calendar year. The committee…
CHAPTER 9. Native American Voters § 2700 · 1 section
- § 2700 (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a Native American Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee. The Secretary of State shall consult with the committee…