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CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 1. - 1. This act shall be known as the Elections Code....
Section 2. - 2. The provisions of this code, insofar as they are...
Section 3. - 3. If any provision of this code or the application...
Section 4. - 4. Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these...
Section 5. - 5. Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not...
Section 6. - 6. Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty...
Section 7. - 7. Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of...
Section 8. - 8. As used in this code, the present tense includes...
Section 9. - 9. (a) Counting of words, for purposes of this code,...
Section 10. - 10. (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections...
Section 10.5. - 10.5. (a) There is established within the Secretary of State...
Section 11. - 11. On written call of the Secretary of State, the...
Section 12. - 12. Whenever any candidate files a declaration of candidacy, nomination...
Section 13. - 13. (a) A person shall not be considered a legally...
Section 13.5. - 13.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13, no...
Section 14. - 14. In case of a disaster in which a portion...
Section 15. - 15. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the last...
Section 16. - 16. A copy of Section 84305 of the Government Code...
Section 17. - 17. The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain administrative...
Section 20. - 20. (a) A person shall not be considered a candidate...
CHAPTER 2 - Petitions and Petition Signers
Section 100. - 100. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever an...
Section 100.5. - 100.5. Notwithstanding Section 100, a voter who is unable to...
Section 101. - 101. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a state or local...
Section 102. - 102. A person shall not circulate a state or local...
Section 103. - 103. A voter who has signed an initiative, referendum, or...
Section 104. - 104. (a) Wherever any petition or paper is submitted to...
Section 105. - 105. (a) (1) For purposes of verifying a signature on...
Section 106. - 106. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) Any registered...
Section 107. - 107. (a) (1) A committee formed pursuant to Section 82013...
Section 108. - 108. Notwithstanding any other law, the pages of a petition...
CHAPTER 3 - Nominations
Section 200. - 200. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there...
Section 201. - 201. Unless otherwise specifically provided, no person is eligible to...
Section 202. - 202. Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is deployed...
CHAPTER 4 - Definitions
Section 300. - 300. (a) “Vote by mail voter” means any voter casting...
Section 300.5. - 300.5. “Affiliated with a political party” as used in reference...
Section 301. - 301. A “ballot” means any of the following: (a) The...
Section 302. - 302. “Ballot card” means a card or a number of...
Section 303. - 303. “Ballot label” means that portion of the ballot containing...
Section 303.3. - 303.3. “Remote accessible vote by mail system” means a mechanical,...
Section 303.4. - 303.4. “Ballot on demand system” means a self-contained system that...
Section 303.5. - 303.5. (a) “Ballot title” is the name of a statewide...
Section 304. - 304. “Campaign advertising or communication” means a communication authorized by...
Section 305. - 305. (a)“Candidate,” for purposes of Section 2184, includes any person...
Section 305.5. - 305.5. (a) “Paper cast vote record” means an auditable document...
Section 306. - 306. “City measure” includes any proposed city charter, any proposed...
Section 307. - 307. “Clerk” means the county elections official, registrar of voters,...
Section 308. - 308. “District elections official,” for the purposes of initiative and...
Section 309. - 309. “Committee,” as used in Article 1 (commencing with Section...
Section 310. - 310. “County” and “city” both include “city and county.” (Enacted...
Section 312. - 312. “County measure” includes any proposed county charter, any proposed...
Section 313. - 313. “County office” means the office filled by any county...
Section 314. - 314. “County officer” means any elected officer enumerated in Division...
Section 316. - 316. “Direct primary” is the primary election held on the...
Section 317. - 317. “District,” for purposes of initiative and referendum under Chapter...
Section 318. - 318. “Election” means any election including a primary that is...
Section 319. - 319. “Election board” means the board of supervisors of each...
Section 319.5. - 319.5. (a) “Electioneering” means the visible display or audible dissemination...
Section 320. - 320. “Elections official” means any of the following: (a) A...
Section 321. - 321. (a) “Elector” means a person who is a United...
Section 322. - 322. “Electoral jurisdiction,” as used in Division 11 (commencing with...
Section 323. - 323. “Federal election” means any presidential election, general election, primary...
Section 324. - 324. (a) “General election” means either of the following: (1)...
Section 325. - 325. “Inspector” means the supervisor of the precinct board of...
Section 326. - 326. “Judicial office” means the office filled by any judicial...
Section 327. - 327. “Judicial officer” means any Justice of the Supreme Court,...
Section 328. - 328. “Local election” is a municipal, county, or district election....
Section 329. - 329. “Measure” means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted...
Section 330. - 330. “Municipal election” means elections in general law cities and...
Section 331. - 331. “New citizen” means any person who meets all requirements...
Section 332. - 332. “New resident” means a person who meets all requirements...
Section 332.5. - 332.5. “Nominate” means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election,...
Section 333. - 333. “Nomination documents” means declaration of candidacy and nomination papers....
Section 334. - 334. “Nonpartisan office” means an office, except for a voter-nominated...
Section 335. - 335. “Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920,...
Section 335.5. - 335.5. The “official canvass” is the public process of processing...
Section 336. - 336. The “official summary date” is the date a circulating...
Section 336.5. - 336.5. (a) “One percent manual tally” is the public process...
Section 336.7. - 336.7. “Out-of-state emergency worker” means a voter who is officially...
Section 337. - 337. “Partisan office” or “party-nominated office” means any of the...
Section 338. - 338. “Party” means a political party or organization that has...
Section 338.5. - 338.5. “Polling place” means a location where a voter casts...
Section 338.6. - 338.6. “Precinct” means a geographical area within a county that...
Section 339. - 339. (a) “Precinct board” is the board appointed by the...
Section 340. - 340. “Presidential primary” is the primary election that is held...
Section 341. - 341. “Primary election” includes all primary nominating elections provided for...
Section 342. - 342. “Proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure”...
Section 343. - 343. “Proponent or proponents of a recall petition” means the...
Section 344. - 344. “Punchcard” means a tabulating card on which the voter...
Section 345. - 345. “Punching” includes marking a ballot card to record a...
Section 346. - 346. “Rebuttable presumption” shall be deemed a presumption which affects...
Section 348. - 348. “Regular election” is an election, the specific time for...
Section 349. - 349. (a) “Residence” for voting purposes means a person’s domicile....
Section 349.5. - 349.5. “Roster” means the official list of voters for an...
Section 350. - 350. “School measure” means any proposition, including but not limited...
Section 351. - 351. “School office” means the office filled by any school...
Section 352. - 352. “School officer” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction and...
Section 353. - 353. “Section” means a section of this code unless some...
Section 353.5. - 353.5. The “semifinal official canvass” is the public process of...
Section 354. - 354. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by...
Section 354.5. - 354.5. (a) “Signature” includes either of the following: (1) A...
Section 355. - 355. “Software” includes all programs, voting devices, cards, ballot cards...
Section 356. - 356. “Special election” is an election, the specific time for...
Section 356.5. - 356.5. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section...
Section 357. - 357. “Statewide election” is an election held throughout the state....
Section 357.5. - 357.5. “Vote center” means a location established for holding elections...
Section 358. - 358. “Vote tabulating device” means any piece of equipment, other...
Section 359. - 359. “Voter” means any elector who is registered under this...
Section 359.2. - 359.2. “Voter list” means the list of registered voters in...
Section 359.5. - 359.5. (a) “Voter-nominated office” means a congressional or state elective...
Section 360. - 360. “Voting device” means any device used in conjunction with...
Section 361. - 361. “Voting machine” means any electronic device, including, but not...
Section 362. - 362. “Voting system” means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system...