ARTICLE 4. Issuing Ballots and Voting [14270. - 14300.]

Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 14270–14300 · 29 sections

§ 14270 The procedure at the polls where voting is conducted pursuant to this division shall be the same as at other polling places, except as provided in this article.
§ 14271 After the opening of the polls, the precinct board shall not allow any voter to enter the voting booth until it ascertains that he or she is entitled to vote.
§ 14272 Before each voter enters the voting booth, the precinct board shall inform him or her how to operate the voting device. If a marking or punching device is…
§ 14273 The device for marking the ballot may be handed to the voter with his or her ballot before the voter goes into the voting booth, and shall be returned to the…
§ 14274 In any election where ballots are to be counted both manually and by electromechanical tabulating devices, the marking device used for marking ballots to be…
§ 14275 Before leaving the voting booth or compartment, the voter shall fold or place the ballot card in the envelope so that the ballot markings of the voter will not…
§ 14277 The voter shall hand the folded ballot or the envelope containing the ballot to a precinct board member, who shall remove the ballot stub, hand it to the…
§ 14278 The precinct board shall give each voter only one ballot, as provided in Section 13102.
§ 14279 Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall apply for or receive any ballot at any precinct other than that in which the voter is entitled to vote.
§ 14280 Unless otherwise provided by law, a voter shall not receive a ballot from any person other than one of the precinct officers. No person other than a precinct…
§ 14281 On receiving a ballot, the voter shall forthwith retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided, and mark the ballot, unless Section 14222 or 14224…
§ 14282 (a) If a voter is unable to mark a paper ballot or the ballot marking device, the voter shall receive the assistance of not more than two persons selected by…
§ 14283 The precinct officers shall keep a list of the voters who have been assisted in marking their ballots. The list of assisted voters shall be returned to the…
§ 14284 (a) All ballots shall be marked only with the marking device provided by the elections official or, for vote by mail ballots, recommended by the elections…
§ 14285 To vote in a contest where two or more candidates for the same office are to be elected, a voter shall mark the voting targets next to the names of the…
§ 14286 When a measure is submitted to the voters, the voter shall place a mark on the ballot in the appropriate space next to the answer the voter desires to give as…
§ 14287 No voter shall place personal information upon a ballot that identifies the voter. “Personal information” includes all of the following: (a) The signature of…
§ 14288 If a voter spoils or defaces a ballot, the voter shall at once return it to the ballot clerk and receive another ballot. A voter shall not receive more than a…
§ 14290 The precinct board shall immediately cancel, without unfolding them, all the spoiled ballots returned. The board shall write the word “spoiled” on the back of…
§ 14291 (a) After the ballot is marked, a voter shall not show it to any person in a manner that reveals its contents, except as provided in subdivision (b). (b) A…
§ 14292 Before leaving the voting booth or compartment, the voter shall fold the ballot according to the instructions on it, so that the marks on its face are not…
§ 14293 Having folded the ballot, the voter shall deliver it folded to a member of the precinct board, who shall then separate the slip containing the number from the…
§ 14294 (a) At all elections, a member of the precinct board shall mark, in the space provided on the voter list posted at or near the polling place, the name of each…
§ 14295 No voter shall deliver to any member of the precinct board any ballot other than the one received from the board member.
§ 14296 Any voter who does not vote the ballot he or she has received, shall, before leaving the polling place, return it to the board member having charge of the…
§ 14297 (a) No later than the time at which the voter delivers the voted ballot, a precinct board member in charge of the voter list shall write in the space opposite…
§ 14298 (a) The precinct board shall maintain at least one printed copy of the voter list posted during the whole time of voting. The copies of the voter list shall…
§ 14299 (a) If a precinct board is unable to furnish a ballot to a qualified voter because there is an insufficient number of ballots at the precinct, the elections…
§ 14300 (a) In the case of an election for a state or federal office, each polling place using a direct recording electronic voting system, as defined by Section…