ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [13200. - 13220.]
Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 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…