CHAPTER 3. Cancellation and Voter File Maintenance [2200. - 2241.]

Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 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…