CHAPTER 2. Registration [2100. - 2194.1.]
Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 2100–2194.1 · 81 sections
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…