California Code
DIVISION 14 - ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 3 - Procedures at Polls

ARTICLE 1 - Election Day Posting Requirements

Section 14200. - 14200. A member of each precinct board shall cause the...

Section 14201. - 14201. (a) In counties and precincts where the Secretary of...

Section 14202. - 14202. (a) Before opening the polls, the precinct board shall...

Section 14203. - 14203. The precinct officer shall post the signs required by...

ARTICLE 2 - Election Day Procedures

Section 14210. - 14210. The members of each precinct board shall distribute the...

Section 14211. - 14211. The polling places shall be arranged so that neither...

Section 14212. - 14212. The polls shall be open at 7 a.m. of...

Section 14213. - 14213. Before the precinct board receives any ballots, it shall...

Section 14214. - 14214. Voting shall commence as soon as the polls are...

Section 14215. - 14215. Before receiving any ballots, the precinct board, in the...

Section 14216. - 14216. (a) Any person desiring to vote shall state or...

Section 14217. - 14217. If the precinct board is unable to find a...

Section 14218. - 14218. If the surname of any person offering to vote...

Section 14219. - 14219. The precinct board shall provide, upon request, to a...

Section 14220. - 14220. At any election, a majority of the members of...

Section 14221. - 14221. Only voters engaged in receiving, preparing, or depositing their...

Section 14222. - 14222. Nothing contained in this code shall prevent a voter...

Section 14223. - 14223. (a) Only members of the precinct board, and persons...

Section 14224. - 14224. (a) Except as provided in Section 14222, a voting...

Section 14225. - 14225. Members of the precinct board shall not deposit in...

Section 14227. - 14227. Any member of the precinct board, when using a...

Section 14227.5. - 14227.5. (a) At a partisan primary election, before providing a...

ARTICLE 3 - Challenging a Voter

Section 14240. - 14240. (a) A person offering to vote may be orally...

Section 14241. - 14241. A piece of mailed matter returned undelivered by the...

Section 14242. - 14242. The ground for challenge set forth in paragraph (2)...

Section 14243. - 14243. If the challenge is on the ground that the...

Section 14244. - 14244. If the challenge is on the ground that the...

Section 14245. - 14245. If the challenge is on the ground that the...

Section 14246. - 14246. If the challenge is on the ground either that...

Section 14247. - 14247. Challenges of voters that they are not residents of...

Section 14248. - 14248. Before administering an oath to a person regarding his...

Section 14249. - 14249. If any person challenged refuses to take the oaths...

Section 14250. - 14250. The precinct board, in determining the place of residence...

Section 14251. - 14251. Any doubt in the interpretation of the law shall...

Section 14252. - 14252. The precinct board shall compile a list showing all...

Section 14253. - 14253. In the event that the precinct board determines that...

ARTICLE 4 - Issuing Ballots and Voting

Section 14270. - 14270. The procedure at the polls where voting is conducted...

Section 14271. - 14271. After the opening of the polls, the precinct board...

Section 14272. - 14272. Before each voter enters the voting booth, the precinct...

Section 14273. - 14273. The device for marking the ballot may be handed...

Section 14274. - 14274. In any election where ballots are to be counted...

Section 14275. - 14275. Before leaving the voting booth or compartment, the voter...

Section 14277. - 14277. The voter shall hand the folded ballot or the...

Section 14278. - 14278. The precinct board shall give each voter only one...

Section 14279. - 14279. Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall apply...

Section 14280. - 14280. Unless otherwise provided by law, a voter shall not...

Section 14281. - 14281. On receiving a ballot, the voter shall forthwith retire...

Section 14282. - 14282. (a) When a voter declares under oath, administered by...

Section 14283. - 14283. The precinct officers shall keep a list of the...

Section 14284. - 14284. (a) All ballots, except vote by mail voter ballots,...

Section 14285. - 14285. Where two or more candidates for the same office...

Section 14286. - 14286. When a measure is submitted to the voters, the...

Section 14287. - 14287. No voter shall place personal information upon a ballot...

Section 14288. - 14288. If a voter spoils or defaces a ballot, the...

Section 14290. - 14290. The precinct board shall immediately cancel, without unfolding them,...

Section 14291. - 14291. (a) After the ballot is marked, a voter shall...

Section 14292. - 14292. Before leaving the voting booth or compartment, the voter...

Section 14293. - 14293. Having folded the ballot, the voter shall deliver it...

Section 14294. - 14294. (a) At all elections, a member of the precinct...

Section 14295. - 14295. No voter shall deliver to any member of the...

Section 14296. - 14296. Any voter who does not vote the ballot he...

Section 14297. - 14297. (a) No later than the time at which the...

Section 14298. - 14298. (a) The precinct board shall maintain at least one...

Section 14299. - 14299. (a) If a precinct board is unable to furnish...

Section 14300. - 14300. (a) In the case of an election for a...

ARTICLE 5 - Provisional Voting

Section 14310. - 14310. (a) At all elections, a voter claiming to be...

Section 14311. - 14311. (a) A voter who has moved from one address...

Section 14312. - 14312. This article shall be liberally construed in favor of...

Section 14313. - 14313. (a) Upon the declaration of a state of emergency...

Section 14314. - 14314. The Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations establishing guidelines...