California Code
DIVISION 13 - BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS
CHAPTER 3 - Ballot Printing Specifications

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 13200. - 13200. Ballots not printed in accordance with this chapter shall...

Section 13201. - 13201. The ballots of each political party’s central committee shall...

Section 13202. - 13202. All ballots of the same sort prepared by any...

Section 13203. - 13203. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed...

Section 13204. - 13204. (a) The instructions to voters shall be printed below...

Section 13205. - 13205. Additional instructions to voters shall appear on the ballot...

Section 13206. - 13206. (a) On the partisan ballot used in a direct...

Section 13206.5. - 13206.5. (a) (1) On the ballot used in a statewide...

Section 13207. - 13207. (a) There shall be printed on the ballot in...

Section 13208. - 13208. (a) In the right-hand margin of each column light...

Section 13209. - 13209. Whenever a foreign translation of the ballot is required...

Section 13210. - 13210. (a) In the case of candidates for delegate to...

Section 13211. - 13211. The names of the candidates shall be printed on...

Section 13211.5. - 13211.5. (a) Each group of names of candidates for a...

Section 13211.7. - 13211.7. (a) (1) In jurisdictions required to provide translated ballot...

Section 13212. - 13212. Except for a voter-nominated office at a general election,...

Section 13213. - 13213. Each group of names of candidates for a particular...

Section 13214. - 13214. The left-hand side of the first column of names...

Section 13215. - 13215. (a) The ballots may be printed on the same...

Section 13216. - 13216. (a) On each ballot a horizontal non-solid-ruled line shall...

Section 13216.5. - 13216.5. A ballot stub may be used, but is not...

Section 13217. - 13217. (a) The number on each ballot shall be the...

Section 13218. - 13218. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a ballot...

Section 13219. - 13219. When printed, all ballots shall be bound in stub...

Section 13220. - 13220. If two or more officers are to be elected...

ARTICLE 2 - Allowable Changes in Ballot Format and Printing

Section 13230. - 13230. (a) If the county elections official determines that, due...

Section 13231. - 13231. If the elections official of any county finds it...

Section 13232. - 13232. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose...

Section 13233. - 13233. In a municipal election, if the number of candidates...

ARTICLE 3 - Vote Tabulating Devices

Section 13240. - 13240. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, the ballots...

Section 13241. - 13241. The names of the candidates and the respective offices...

Section 13242. - 13242. Where electromechanical vote tabulating devices are used to count...

Section 13243. - 13243. The ballots may contain printed code marks or punched...

Section 13244. - 13244. The county voter information guide provided pursuant to Chapter...

Section 13246. - 13246. The device for marking the ballot may be of...

Section 13247. - 13247. The statement of all measures submitted to the voters...

ARTICLE 4 - Punchcards

Section 13260. - 13260. In approving ballots and ballot cards, the Secretary of...

Section 13261. - 13261. (a) Each ballot card shall have two stubs attached....

Section 13262. - 13262. (a) The ballot shall contain the same material as...

Section 13263. - 13263. The county voter information guide provided pursuant to Chapter...

Section 13264. - 13264. If more than one ballot card is used at...

Section 13265. - 13265. If the number of offices and measures to be...

Section 13266. - 13266. If punchcard ballots are used for vote by mail...

Section 13267. - 13267. If an official ballot consisting of one or more...

ARTICLE 5 - Ballot Labels

Section 13282. - 13282. Whenever the Attorney General prepares a condensed ballot title...