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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13231
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13231
If the elections official of any county finds it necessary in connection with the use of any approved method of vote counting, the elections official may provide for any of the following changes in the format of ballots in one or more precincts at any election: (a) Ballots may be
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13232
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13232
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of conducting the Democratic Party Presidential Primary Election, the Secretary of State may, if it is reasonably necessary to accommodate the limitations of a voter system or vote tabulating device, authorize the county
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13233
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13233
In a municipal election, if the number of candidates for an office is such that all of the names will not fit in one column of reasonable length, a double column may be used, and all of the following provisions shall apply: (a) The space between the two halves of the double colum
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13240
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13240
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, the ballots to be counted by means of electronic or electromechanical devices may be of a size, composition, and texture that, and may be printed in any type of ink or combination of inks that, will be suitable for use in the cou
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13241
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13241
The names of the candidates and the respective offices shall be printed on the ballot in parallel columns at least 2 inches wide.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13242
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13242
Where electromechanical vote tabulating devices are used to count all or part of the ballots, the names of presidential candidates may be printed in the same column as the names of candidates for other offices.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13243
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13243
The ballots may contain printed code marks or punched holes that may be used for placing the ballots in correct reading position in the counting devices. The code marks or punched holes shall not be used in any way that will reveal the identity of the voters voting the ballots.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13244
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13244
The county voter information guide provided pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 13300) shall include a substantial facsimile of the official ballot, including instructions to voters.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13246
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13246
The device for marking the ballot may be of any size, shape, or form, and the impression made on the ballot may be in the form of a cross, square, circle, rectangle, or any other design that will clearly indicate the choice of the voter. Any type of ink or other substance that wi
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13247
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13247
The statement of all measures submitted to the voters shall be abbreviated on the ballot in a ballot label as provided for in Section 9051. The ballot label shall be followed by the words, “Yes” and “No”, except for a statewide referendum measure. The ballot label for a statewide
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13282
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13282
Whenever the Attorney General prepares a condensed ballot title and summary, the Attorney General shall file a copy of the condensed ballot title and summary with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall make a copy of the condensed ballot title and summary as require
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13300
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13300
(a) By at least 29 days before the partisan primary, each county elections official shall prepare a separate county voter information guide for each political party and a separate nonpartisan county voter information guide. The county elections official shall place in each guide,
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13300.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13300.5
In order to facilitate the timely production and distribution of county voter information guides, the county elections official may prepare a combined county voter information guide.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13300.7
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13300.7
Notwithstanding any other law, county and city elections officials may establish procedures designed to permit a voter to opt out of receiving the voter’s county voter information guide, state voter information guide, notice of polling place, and associated materials by mail, and
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13302
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13302
(a) The county elections official shall forthwith submit the county voter information guide of each political party to the chairperson of the county central committee of that party, and shall mail a copy to each candidate for whom nomination papers have been filed in his or her o
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13303
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13303
(a) For each election, each appropriate elections official shall cause to be printed, on plain white paper or tinted paper, without watermark, at least as many copies of the form of ballot provided for use in each voting precinct as there are voters in the precinct. These copies
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13304
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13304
The notice of the polling place which is sent to each voter as provided in Section 13303 may, at the option of the local elections official, inform the voter as to whether the polling place is accessible to the physically handicapped. In addition, this notice may inform the voter
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13305
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13305
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 13300 and 13303 a county elections official may elect not to mail a county voter information guide to a voter if both of the following are satisfied: (1) The county elections official prepares and mails to each voter a document that includes all of th
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13306
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13306
Notwithstanding Sections 13300, 13303, and 13307, county voter information guides and candidates’ statements need not be mailed to voters who registered after the 54th day before an election, but all of these voters shall receive polling place notices and state voter information
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13307
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13307
(a) (1) Each candidate for nonpartisan elective office in any local agency, including any city, county, city and county, or district, may prepare a candidate’s statement on an appropriate form provided by the elections official. The statement may include the name, age, and occupa
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13307.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13307.5
A candidate for United States Representative may purchase the space to place a statement in the voter information portion of the county voter information guide that does not exceed 250 words. The statement shall not refer to any opponent of the candidate. The statement shall be s
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13307.7
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13307.7
(a) An elections official shall post the form to be used by a candidate to submit a candidate statement pursuant to Section 13307, Section 13307.5, or subdivision (c) of Section 85601 of the Government Code, on the elections official’s internet website, and shall accept the elect
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13308
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13308
In addition to the restrictions set forth in Section 13307, any candidate’s statement submitted pursuant to Section 13307 shall be limited to a recitation of the candidate’s own personal background and qualifications, and shall not in any way make reference to other candidates fo
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13309
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13309
(a) Notwithstanding Section 13307, if a candidate alleges to be indigent and unable to pay in advance the requisite fee for submitting a candidate statement, the candidate shall submit to the local agency a statement of financial worth to be used in determining whether or not he
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13310
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 13310
Prior to the nomination period for an election, the governing body of the local agency conducting the election may determine that Section 13307 is inapplicable to that election. This section shall become operative only if the United States Supreme Court or the California Supreme