CHAPTER 6. Corruption of the Voting Process [18500. - 18582.]

Chapter 6 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 18500–18582 · 44 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 18500–18504 · 5 sections

   • § 18500 Any person who commits fraud or attempts to commit fraud, and any person who aids or abets fraud or attempts to aid or abet fraud, in connection with any vote…
   • § 18501 Any public official who knowingly violates any of the provisions of this chapter, and thereby aids in any way the illegal casting or attempting to cast a vote,…
   • § 18502 (a) Any person who in any manner interferes with the officers holding an election or conducting a canvass, as to prevent the election or canvass from being…
   • § 18503 An employer who violates Section 14004 shall be subject to a civil fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per election. An action for a civil fine under…
   • § 18504 Notice regarding the prohibitions on activity related to corruption of the voting process set forth in this chapter shall be provided to the public. The…
2. ARTICLE 2. Corruption of Voters §§ 18520–18524 · 5 sections

   • § 18520 A person shall not directly or through another person give, offer, or promise any office, place, or employment, or promise to procure or endeavor to procure…
   • § 18521 A person shall not directly or through any other person receive, agree, or contract for, before, during or after an election, any money, gift, loan, or other…
   • § 18522 Neither a person nor a controlled committee shall directly or through any other person or controlled committee pay, lend, or contribute, or offer or promise to…
   • § 18523 A person shall not directly or through any other person advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable thing to or for the use of any other…
   • § 18524 A person shall not directly or through any other person advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable thing to or for the use of any other…
3. ARTICLE 3. Intimidation of Voters §§ 18540–18548 · 9 sections

   • § 18540 (a) Every person who makes use of or threatens to make use of any force, violence, or tactic of coercion or intimidation, to induce or compel any other person…
   • § 18541 (a) A person shall not, with the intent of dissuading another person from voting, within the 100 foot limit specified in subdivision (b), do any of the…
   • § 18542 Every employer, whether a corporation or natural person, or any other person who employs, is guilty of a misdemeanor if, in paying his or her employees the…
   • § 18543 (a) Every person who knowingly challenges a person’s right to vote without probable cause or on fraudulent or spurious grounds, or who engages in mass,…
   • § 18544 (a) Any person in possession of a firearm or any uniformed peace officer, private guard, or security personnel or any person who is wearing a uniform of a…
   • § 18545 (a) Any person who hires or arranges for any other person in possession of a firearm or any uniformed law enforcement officer, private guard, or security…
   • § 18546 As used in this article: (a) “Elections official” means the county elections official, registrar of voters, or city clerk. (b) “Immediate vicinity” means the…
   • § 18547 (a) In addition to any other fine or penalty imposed by this article, the court may order any person convicted of violating this article to pay a restitution…
   • § 18548 The Voter Intimidation Restitution Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys in the fund shall be…
4. ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting §§ 18560–18578 · 22 sections

   • § 18560 Every person is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years,…
   • § 18560.1 (a) A person who votes or attempts to vote in an election held in this state and in an election held in another state on the same date shall be guilty of a…
   • § 18561 Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years who: (a) Procures,…
   • § 18562 Every member of a precinct board is guilty of a misdemeanor who, prior to putting the ballot of a voter in the ballot box, commits any of the following: (a)…
   • § 18562.5 (a) A member of the public is guilty of a misdemeanor if, while observing any of the following, he or she willfully engages in any conduct set forth in…
   • § 18563 Every member of a precinct board is guilty of a misdemeanor who, without the consent of a voter, discloses the name of any candidate the board member has…
   • § 18564 (a) Any person is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years…
   • § 18564.5 (a) The Secretary of State, Attorney General, and any local elections official in the county in which the act occurs, may bring a civil action against an…
   • § 18565 Any person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses described in Section 18564 is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period…
   • § 18566 Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years who: (a) Forges or…
   • § 18567 Every person who willfully adds to or subtracts from the votes actually cast at an election, in any official or unofficial returns, or who alters the returns,…
   • § 18568 Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal…
   • § 18569 Every person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses mentioned in Section 18566, 18567, or 18568 is punishable by imprisonment in the county…
   • § 18570 Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who does any one of the following: (a) Removes or defaces any posted copy of the results of votes cast within the…
   • § 18571 Any person acting on any counting board who refuses to obey any lawful order of the county elections official or his or her deputy is guilty of a misdemeanor,…
   • § 18572 Each counting board and its members are subject to the liabilities and penalties to which precinct boards or their members are subject where the votes and…
   • § 18573 Every person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years…
   • § 18573.5 (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person who is providing care or direct supervision to an elder in a state-licensed or state-subsidized facility or program to…
   • § 18574 Every person who, after being required by the precinct board at an election, refuses to be sworn or, being sworn, refuses to answer any pertinent questions…
   • § 18575 Every person is guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two,…
   • § 18577 Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official…
   • § 18578 Any person who applies for, or who votes or attempts to vote, a vote by mail ballot by fraudulently signing the name of a fictitious person, or of a regularly…
5. ARTICLE 5. Protecting Elections from Armed Coercion and Extremism (PEACE) Act §§ 18580–18582 · 3 sections

   • § 18580 For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Firearm” means a device designed to be used as a weapon, from which a projectile is…
   • § 18581 (a) A person shall not intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for any of the following: (1) Voting or…
   • § 18582 (a) A person aggrieved by a violation of Section 18581 may enforce the provisions of this article in a suit at law or in equity, or both. A prevailing…