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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14227
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14227
Any member of the precinct board, when using a language other than English at the polls, shall communicate with voters in that language only as he or she would be lawfully permitted to communicate in English under the code. The member shall be subject to like penalty for any ille
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14227.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14227.5
(a) At a partisan primary election, before providing a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference with a nonpartisan ballot or before the voter enters the voting booth, as applicable, a member of the precinct board shall provide a uniform notification to the
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14240
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14240
(a) A person offering to vote may be orally challenged within the polling place only by a member of the precinct board upon any or all of the following grounds: (1) That the voter is not the person whose name appears on the roster. (2) That the voter is not a resident of the prec
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14241
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14241
A piece of mailed matter returned undelivered by the post office shall not be accepted or used as evidence upon which to initiate a challenge as to residency by any member of the precinct board unless other evidence or testimony is also presented, nor shall the mailed matter, sta
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14242
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14242
The ground for challenge set forth in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 14240 shall not apply to any person duly registered as a voter in any precinct in California and moving from that precinct within 14 days prior to an election.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14243
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14243
If the challenge is on the ground that the person seeking to vote is not the person whose name appears on the roster, a member of the precinct board shall tender the following oath: “You do swear (or affirm) that you are the person whose name is entered on the roster.”
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14244
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14244
If the challenge is on the ground that the person seeking to vote is not a resident of the precinct, or in an election conducted using a voter center, not a resident of the county, the person challenged shall be sworn to answer questions, and after having been sworn, a member of
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14245
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14245
If the challenge is on the ground that the person challenged has already cast a ballot for this election, a member of the precinct board shall tender to the person challenged this oath: “You do swear (or affirm) that you have not previously voted in this election, either by vote
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14246
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14246
If the challenge is on the ground either that the person challenged is not the person whose name appears on the roster, or that he or she has voted that day, the challenge shall be determined in favor of the person challenged if that person takes the oath as set forth either in S
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14247
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14247
Challenges of voters that they are not residents of the precinct or citizens of the United States shall be tried and determined by the precinct board at the time of the challenge. The precinct board may, at its discretion, also request any other person, present in the polling pla
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14248
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14248
Before administering an oath to a person regarding his or her place of residence, a member of the precinct board shall read to the person challenged, the rules prescribed by Section 14249 and Article 2 (commencing with Section 2020) of Chapter 1 of Division 2.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14249
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14249
If any person challenged refuses to take the oaths tendered, or refuses to be sworn and to answer the questions concerning the matter of residence, that person shall not be allowed to vote.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14250
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14250
The precinct board, in determining the place of residence of any person, shall be governed by the rules set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 2020) of Chapter 1 of Division 2.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14251
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14251
Any doubt in the interpretation of the law shall be resolved in favor of the challenged voter.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14252
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14252
The precinct board shall compile a list showing all of the following: (a) The name and address of each person challenged. (b) The name, address, and any other identification as a voter, of each person offering information concerning any person’s qualifications to vote, or testify
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14253
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14253
In the event that the precinct board determines that persistent challenging of voters is resulting in a delay of voting sufficient to cause voters to forego voting because of insufficient time or for fear of unwarranted intimidation, the board shall discontinue all challenges, an
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14270
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14270
The procedure at the polls where voting is conducted pursuant to this division shall be the same as at other polling places, except as provided in this article.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14271
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14271
After the opening of the polls, the precinct board shall not allow any voter to enter the voting booth until it ascertains that he or she is entitled to vote.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14272
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14272
Before each voter enters the voting booth, the precinct board shall inform him or her how to operate the voting device. If a marking or punching device is used, the voter shall be instructed to use only that device. The voter shall also be instructed how to fold the ballot and pl
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14273
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14273
The device for marking the ballot may be handed to the voter with his or her ballot before the voter goes into the voting booth, and shall be returned to the precinct board after he or she has finished marking his or her ballot.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14274
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14274
In any election where ballots are to be counted both manually and by electromechanical tabulating devices, the marking device used for marking ballots to be counted electromechanically may be used for marking ballots to be counted manually.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14275
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14275
Before leaving the voting booth or compartment, the voter shall fold or place the ballot card in the envelope so that the ballot markings of the voter will not be exposed, and the ballot stub will be outside of the envelope or other container, to be removed by the precinct board.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14277
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14277
The voter shall hand the folded ballot or the envelope containing the ballot to a precinct board member, who shall remove the ballot stub, hand it to the voter, and deposit the ballot in the ballot container. If the ballot is to be transferred from the envelope to the ballot cont
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14278
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14278
The precinct board shall give each voter only one ballot, as provided in Section 13102.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14279
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 14279
Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall apply for or receive any ballot at any precinct other than that in which the voter is entitled to vote.