California Administrative Code

The commission shall meet at Sacramento on the last Thursday of each month unless, upon due notice, the date and place of meeting are otherwise designated by at least two members.

(a) The fee to obtain voter registration information from the Secretary of State is $15.00 per one thousand records, up to a maximum of $100.00. The minimum fee is $15.00. (b) The fee to obtain a specific voter registration record is $30.00 per record, up to a maximum of $100.00.…

(a) The applicant must submit the completed application for voter registration information in the following manner: (1) The applicant must deliver it to the source agency in person or by U.S. mail or other delivery/courier service. A wet signature is required on the application; …

Application requirements and priority shall be as set forth in Public Resources Code Sections 6801 and 6223 respectively.

Unless otherwise provided in state or federal statute, state or federal regulation, or a binding court decision, if a county elections official receives notification from a voter, the Secretary of State, another county, or a court requesting or directing a modification to a voter…

As used in this Article, the following terms have the following definitions: (a) “Active voter” means any registered voter legally entitled to vote pursuant to Elections Code sections 2000 and 2101 and who is not currently deemed an “inactive voter” or a “cancelled voter” as defi…

(a) Each county shall protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the data and the election information system authorized to process, store, and transmit voter registration data. This system shall utilize system hardening and resilient architecture by means of red…

(a) The Secretary of State shall create for all statewide elections a record containing the name of the election in the statewide voter registration system in conformance with Section 19085. (b) County elections officials shall create, for each county administered local and state…

When creating a county administered local or statewide election, the following election names and associated codes shall be used: (a) Congressional District Special General -- CG (b) Congressional District Special Primary -- CP (c) Direct Primary -- DP (d) Gubernatorial General -…

(a) The county elections official shall generate an official list extract from the statewide voter registration system for the purpose of conducting a county administered local or statewide election. (b) Prior to generating an official list extract from the statewide voter regist…

(a) For all VBM ballots where the ballot return status is “Not Accepted,” an appropriate reason code shall be assigned by the county elections official. (b) If a VBM ballot has not had a final adjudication, the county elections official shall assign the ballot return status of “N…

(a) For all provisional ballots where the ballot return status is “Not Counted,” an appropriate reason code shall be assigned by the county elections official. (b) If a provisional ballot has not had a final adjudication, the county elections official shall assign the ballot retu…

If a voter's conditional voter registration (CVR) is deemed effective pursuant to Elections Code section 2170, the county elections official shall process the voter's CVR provisional ballot as provided in Sections 20025 and 20026 of Title 2, Division 7, Chapter 1, Article 3.5 of …

All counties shall design and implement programs intended to identify qualified electors who are not registered voters, and to register such persons to vote, hereinafter referred to as outreach programs.

As a minimum, each county's outreach program shall contain the following components which shall be described in an outreach program plan: (a) Consultation. Each program shall include systematic effort by the clerk to consult on a continuing basis all persons who exhibit interest …

When a voter has selected, by marking the ballot or writing in or a combination thereof, more candidates than there are candidates to be nominated or selected for the office, the vote for that office shall not be counted, regardless of whether the candidate whose name is written …

(a) For the purpose of Sections 20102-20105, “qualified write-in candidate” shall refer to candidates who have complied with Chapter 8 of Division 6 of the Elections Code (beginning at Section 7300). (b) For the purpose of Sections 20102-20105, “ballot” shall include ballot envel…

(a) The random seed shall be generated in order by sequential rolls of one or more fair 10-sided dice. (b) The random seed shall be generated in a public meeting as follows: (1) The elections official shall give at least five days public notice of this public meeting before gener…

(a) If the audit commences after all validly cast ballot(s) within the jurisdiction have been tabulated, the audit shall be conducted in a single phase as described in section 20121. (b) If the audit commences before all validly cast ballot(s) within the jurisdiction have been ta…

Participating counties shall conduct a risk-limiting audit on one or more contests fully contained within the county's borders. Participating counties may conduct opportunistic reviews of contests not subject to audit, including cross-jurisdictional contests, from the same sample…

(a) The elections official conducting an RLA shall report the results of the audit in the certification of the official canvass of the vote specified by Section 15372 of the Elections Code. The report shall contain the following: (1) The type of RLA conducted (e.g. ballot compari…

No later than the third business day following the expiration of the deadline to request a recount under Elections Code sections 15620 or 15621, or the completion of any recount, whichever is later, an elections official who conducted an RLA shall review its cast vote records fil…

(a) To prevent physical damage and unauthorized entry, an unstaffed drop box located outdoors shall be constructed of durable material able to withstand vandalism, removal, and inclement weather. (b) To ensure that only ballot material can be deposited and not be removed by anyon…

(a) Drop-off locations shall be determined by the county elections official. In determining locations, the elections official shall, at a minimum, consider concentrations of population, geographic areas, voter convenience, proximity to public transportation, community-based locat…

Counties utilizing their local election management system at polling locations, in whole or in part, shall adhere to sections 20158, 20160, 20161 and 20162 of these regulations.

Any person, corporation, or public agency owning or having an interest in the sale or acquisition of an electronic poll book may apply to the Secretary of State for certification. The application shall include the following: (a) Information about the applicant, including name, st…

The procedures specified in this chapter shall govern the manufacture, finishing, quality standards, distribution and inventory control of ballot cards for use in California elections. The provisions of this chapter also govern certification of ballot printers, ballot on demand s…

Ballot card dimension means the length and width of the ballot card in inches.

Ballot content means the printed information for a specific election required by California Elections Code, Division 13.

As either a principal or subcontractor, no ballot printer shall manufacture or finish ballot cards or unfinished ballot cards for use in California elections, and no ballot printer shall accept or solicit orders for ballot cards or unfinished ballot cards prior to certification a…

Within 90 days after a completed application is accepted by the Secretary of State, testing shall be completed by either: (a) A State-approved testing agency (S-ATA), pursuant to Elections Code section 19220, that confirms the ballot cards produced by the ballot printer meet the …

The testing pursuant to section 20222 shall include the following: (a) The ballot printer must print 5,000 ballots cards for each ballot style for each voting system for which it seeks certification. (b) The ballot cards shall be tabulated with the following accuracy and reject c…

(a) During the ballot printing process, all scrap shall be cut or otherwise rendered unusable as ballot cards daily. A Ballot Scrap and Destruction Report shall be prepared at the time of destruction and maintained for the retention period set forth in California Elections Code. …

(a) All unfinished ballot cards and ballot cards shall be packaged as instructed by the jurisdiction. At a minimum, each order shall contain documentation stating the number of unfinished ballot cards and/or ballot cards contained within the shipment. (b) The unfinished ballot ca…

All unfinished ballot cards not shipped from the ballot printer's facility shall remain in a secured area of the ballot printer's facility until converted to ballot cards, shipped, or placed in a warehouse. All unfinished ballot cards that are to be finished by the ballot printer…

Any jurisdiction seeking approval to use a certified ballot on demand system shall submit procedures for use that include: (a) Procedures for securing the ballot images and ballot data, including but not limited to encrypted transmission of the files. (b) Procedures for user logi…

(a) The Secretary of State shall approve the application for the jurisdiction to use the ballot on demand system if the Secretary of State determines the jurisdiction's proposed procedures for use meet all the requirements set forth in California Elections Code and these regulati…

(a) Prior to conducting a manual tally pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of section 20298 the elections official shall submit a Manual Tally Plan to the Secretary of State no later than 80 calendar days prior to the date of the election. (b) The Secretary of State shall…

Employee development appraisal shall be made on a competitive basis in that each competitor shall be rated on the probability of satisfactory performance in the promotional class and in relation to the probability of satisfactory performance by the other competitors.

Ratings shall be expressed in percentages with 70 percent being the minimum qualifying rating.

Employee development appraisal shall not be used in examinations for promotion to classes with a maximum salary of less than $530 a month.

(a) When conducting a manual tally pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (a) of section 20298, the elections official shall use a voting system tabulator certified pursuant to Elections Code section 19202 to conduct an audit of all ballots counted in the manual tally. (1…

(a) When conducting a manual tally pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of section 20298 for any state or federal election, the elections official shall submit to the Secretary of State through key data entry: (1) The semi-official canvass results pursuant to Elections Cod…

Applications for purchase of lands or interests under this article shall be available from and shall be filed with the principal office of the Commission. Purchase applications shall be processed according to the date the application is accepted as complete by the State.

(a) Any person may observe the recount proceedings, subject to space limitations of the recount location selected by the elections official pursuant to section 20356. (b) Upon request by the elections official, each interested party shall appoint one of his or her representatives…

(a) The elections official shall develop, and prior to each statewide election, maintain a written policy providing reasonable access to the recount location by the media, and the use of cameras or audio or video recording devices in the recount location in a manner that will not…

The purpose of this chapter is to establish procedures for determining the projected number of valid signatures on an elections petition based on a verification of a random sampling of the petition signatures.

This chapter shall apply to the verification of signatures on the following petitions: (a) Petitions circulated pursuant to Division 5 (commencing with Section 3500) of the California Elections Code. (b) Signatures in Lieu of Filing Fee petitions circulated pursuant to Chapter 5 …

“Raw Count” means the total number of unverified signatures affixed to a petition and submitted to an elections official.