Title ELEC, California Elec. Code

If a remote accessible vote by mail system has been certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State, it shall not be changed or modified until the Secretary of State has been notified in writing and has determined that the change or modification does not impair its …

The Secretary of State may seek injunctive and administrative relief if a remote accessible vote by mail system has been compromised by the addition or deletion of hardware, software, or firmware without prior approval or is defective due to a known hardware, software, or firmwar…

(a) The Secretary of State may seek all of the following relief for an unauthorized change in hardware, software, or firmware in a remote accessible vote by mail system certified or conditionally approved in California: (1) A civil penalty from the offending party or parties, not…

(a) The Secretary of State may seek injunctive relief requiring an elections official, or any vendor or manufacturer of a remote accessible vote by mail system, to comply with the requirements of this code, the regulations of the Secretary of State, and the specifications for the…

A remote accessible vote by mail system or part of a remote accessible vote by mail system shall not do any of the following: (a) Have the capability, including an optional capability, to use a remote server to mark a voter’s selections transmitted to the server from the voter’s …

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California New Motor Voter Program. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. (AB 1461) Effective January 1, 2016.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Voter registration is one of the biggest barriers to participation in our democracy. (b) In 1993, Congress enacted the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.), commonly known as th…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Completed voter registration” and “completed voter registration application” mean the part of the driver’s license application containing the voter registration application for an applicant who ha…

(a) The Secretary of State and the department shall establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter registration by any person who is qualified to be a voter under Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution. (b) T…

(a) Every driver’s license application shall include a voter registration application. All of the following apply to the voter registration application included with the driver’s license application: (1) The voter registration application shall require only the minimum informatio…

(a) (1) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a schedule and method for the department to electronically provide to the Secretary of State the records specified in this section. (2) The department and the Secretary of State shall develop and…

(a) The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information obtained from the department pursuant to Section 2265 to any person, or the use of any false representation to obtain any of that information or the use of any of that information for a purpose other than as stated in Sectio…

(a) If the records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 constitute a completed voter registration application, the Secretary of State shall register the person to vote, or, as applicable, preregister the person to vote, unless any of the foll…

A person registered or preregistered to vote under this chapter may cancel the person’s voter registration or preregistration at any time by any method available to any other registered or preregistered voter. (Added by renumbering Section 2266 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 314, Sec. 7. (A…

This chapter does not affect the confidentiality of a person’s voter registration or preregistration information, which remains confidential pursuant to Section 2194 of this code and Section 7924.000 of the Government Code and for all of the following persons: (a) A victim of dom…

If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person of Section 18100, that person’s registration or preregistration shall be presumed to have been effected with official authorizat…

If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election held after the effective date of the person’s registration or preregistration, that person shall be presumed to have acted with …

(a) The department shall designate an employee, known as the department’s National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) coordinator, who shall be responsible for the department’s compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the requirements of Section 20504 of Title 52 of the Un…

(a) The department’s NVRA coordinator shall ensure that each employee of the department who interacts with the California New Motor Voter Program shall, annually and as part of an initial new employee orientation, receive a training on the requirements of this chapter and the fed…

(a) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall monitor the timeliness of the department’s transmittals to the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265. (b) By the 10th day of each calendar month, the department shall …

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish a taskforce that includes all of the following members: (1) The Secretary of State’s NVRA coordinator. (2) The department’s NVRA coordinator. (3) County elections officials. (4) Individuals with demonstrated language accessibility experi…

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the department and the taskforce described in Section 2275, shall annually review the effectiveness of the California New Motor Voter Program and draft a written report. The written report shall, at a minimum, include all of the follow…

The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations addressing both of the following: (a) A process for canceling the registration or preregistration of a person who is ineligible to vote, but became registered or preregistered under th…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo. (b) “Commission” means the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of San Luis Obispo established pursuant to Section 215…

There is, in the County of San Luis Obispo, a Citizens Redistricting Commission. In the year following the year in which the decennial federal census is taken, the commission shall adjust the boundary lines of the supervisorial districts of the board in accordance with this chapt…

(a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter. (b) The selection process is designed to produce a commission that is independent from the influence of the board and reasonably representative of the count…

(a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process. (b) The term of office of each member of the commission expires upon the appointment of the first member of the succ…

(a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (A) Districts shall comply with the United States Constitution and each district …

A commission member shall not do any of the following: (a) While serving on the commission, endorse, work for, volunteer for, or make a campaign contribution to a candidate for an elective office of the County of San Luis Obispo. (b) Be a candidate for an elective office of the C…

(a) The commission may only remove a commission member for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, causing the commission to be unable to discharge its duties with seven affirmative votes, or if it is later discovered that the commission member did not meet the r…

If the commission is unable to act because it has fewer than seven voting commission members, within one month of such determination that the commission cannot act, the county elections official shall select a replacement from the pool of remaining qualified candidates from the i…

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles. (b) “Commission” means the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Los Angeles established pursuant to Section 21532. (c) …

There is, in the County of Los Angeles, a Citizens Redistricting Commission. In the year following the year in which the decennial federal census is taken, the commission shall adjust the boundary lines of the supervisorial districts of the board in accordance with this chapter. …

(a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2020, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter. (b) The selection process is designed to produce a commission that is independent from the influence of the board and reasonably representative of the count…

(a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process. (b) The term of office of each member of the commission expires upon the appointment of the first member of the succ…

(a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the following criteria as set forth in the following order of priority: (1) (A) Districts shall comply with the United States Constitution and each district …

A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this state. A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of three years beginning from …

As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside. (b) “Commission” means the Citizens Redistricting Commission in the County of Riverside established pursuant to Section 21542. (c) “Imm…

There is, in the County of Riverside, a Citizens Redistricting Commission. In the year following the year in which the decennial federal census is taken, the commission shall adjust the boundary lines of the supervisorial districts of the board in accordance with this chapter. (A…

(a) The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter. (b) The selection process is designed to produce a commission that is independent from the influence of the board and reasonably representative of the count…

(a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process. (b) The term of office of each member of the commission expires upon the appointment of the first member of the succ…

(a) The commission shall establish single-member supervisorial districts for the board pursuant to a mapping process using the criteria set forth in Section 21130. (b) (1) The commission shall comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1…

(a) A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of five years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, or local level in this state. (b) A commission member shall be ineligible for a period of three years beginning from…

Implementation of this chapter is contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute for purposes of this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 403, Sec. 1. (AB 1307) Effective January 1, 2023.)

(a) As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego. (2) “Clerk of the Board of Supervisors” means the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego. (3) “Commission” me…

(a) A commission member shall apply this chapter in a manner that is impartial and that reinforces public confidence in the integrity of the redistricting process. (b) The term of office of each member of the commission expires upon the appointment of the first member of the succ…