CHAPTER 3. Ballot Printing Specifications [13200. - 13282.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 13200–13282 · 35 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 13200–13220 · 23 sections
- § 13200 Ballots not printed in substantial compliance with this chapter shall not be cast nor counted at any election.
- § 13201 The ballots of each political party’s central committee shall be designed so that each ballot may be easily and clearly distinguished from, and not confused…
- § 13202 (a) All ballots of the same sort prepared by any county elections official, clerk or secretary of a legislative body, or other person having charge of…
- § 13203 At the top of the first page of the ballot shall be printed in at least 16-point bold type the words “Official Ballot.” Beneath this heading, the name of the…
- § 13204 (a) The instructions to voters shall be printed below the ballot identification and above the contests to be voted on, or in the first column of the ballot as…
- § 13206 (a) (1) On the partisan ballot used in a direct primary election, immediately before or above the contest for President, the following words shall be printed…
- § 13206.5 (a) (1) On the ballot used in a statewide general election in each year evenly divisible by the number four, immediately before or above the contest for…
- § 13207 (a) There shall be printed on the ballot in parallel columns all of the following: (1) The respective offices. (2) The names of candidates with sufficient…
- § 13208 (a) A voting target shall be printed next to the name of each voting option. The voting targets shall be used by the voters to express their choices as…
- § 13209 Whenever a foreign translation of the ballot is required by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended by Public Law 94-73, to appear on the ballot as…
- § 13210 (a) In the case of candidates for delegate to national convention, there shall be printed in at least 10-point bold type, the words, “President of the United…
- § 13211 The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot, without indentation, in at least 10-point bold type.
- § 13211.5 (a) Each group of names of candidates for a particular office shall be printed in immediate succession to another group of names of candidates for a particular…
- § 13211.7 (a) (1) In jurisdictions required to provide translated ballot materials pursuant to Section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec.…
- § 13212 Except for a voter-nominated office at a general election, under the designation of each office shall be printed as many blank spaces, defined by light lines,…
- § 13213 Each group of names of candidates for a particular office shall be separated from the succeeding group. Each series of groups shall be headed by a caption that…
- § 13214 All sides of the columns on the ballot shall be bordered. The binding or stitching of each package of ballots shall be along the top or head of the ballot. If…
- § 13215 (a) The ballots may be printed on the same leaf with a stub not over one inch in depth. The stub may be separated from the ballot by a horizontal perforated…
- § 13216 A ballot stub may be used for a ballot. The ballots may contain printed and distinguishing marks if secrecy in voting is protected.
- § 13217 (a) The number on each ballot shall be the same as that on the corresponding stub, and the ballots and stubs shall be numbered consecutively in each county, or…
- § 13218 (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a ballot design advisory committee to assist the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations that prescribe ballot…
- § 13219 When printed, all ballots shall be bound in stub books, of such size as the clerk may determine. A record of the number of ballots printed shall be kept by the…
- § 13220 If two or more officers are to be elected for the same office for different terms, the terms for which each candidate for the office is nominated shall be…
ARTICLE 2. Allowable Changes in Ballot Format and Printing §§ 13230–13233 · 4 sections
- § 13230 (a) If the county elections official determines that, due to the number of candidates and measures that must be printed on the ballot, the ballot will be…
- § 13231 If the elections official of any county finds it necessary in connection with the use of any approved method of vote counting, the elections official may…
- § 13232 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of conducting the Democratic Party Presidential Primary Election, the Secretary of State may, if it…
- § 13233 In a municipal election, if the number of candidates for an office is such that all of the names will not fit in one column of reasonable length, a double…
ARTICLE 3. Vote Tabulating Devices §§ 13240–13247 · 7 sections
- § 13240 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, the ballots to be counted by means of electronic or electromechanical devices may be of a size, composition,…
- § 13241 The names of the candidates and the respective offices shall be printed on the ballot in parallel columns at least 2 inches wide.
- § 13242 Where electromechanical vote tabulating devices are used to count all or part of the ballots, the names of presidential candidates may be printed in the same…
- § 13243 The ballots may contain printed code marks or punched holes that may be used for placing the ballots in correct reading position in the counting devices. The…
- § 13244 The county voter information guide provided pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 13300) shall include a substantial facsimile of the official ballot,…
- § 13246 The device for marking the ballot may be of any size, shape, or form, and the impression made on the ballot may be in the form of a cross, square, circle,…
- § 13247 The statement of all measures submitted to the voters shall be abbreviated on the ballot in a ballot label as provided for in Section 9051. The ballot label…
ARTICLE 5. Ballot Labels § 13282 · 1 section
- § 13282 Whenever the Attorney General prepares a condensed ballot title and summary, the Attorney General shall file a copy of the condensed ballot title and summary…