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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18567
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18567
Every person who willfully adds to or subtracts from the votes actually cast at an election, in any official or unofficial returns, or who alters the returns, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18568
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18568
Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or by both that fine and imprisonment, who: (a) Aids in changing or destroying a
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18569
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18569
Every person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses mentioned in Section 18566, 18567, or 18568 is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for the period of six months or in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18570
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18570
Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who does any one of the following: (a) Removes or defaces any posted copy of the results of votes cast within the period of 48 hours from the official time fixed for the closing of the polls. (b) Delays delivery of or changes the copy of th
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18571
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18571
Any person acting on any counting board who refuses to obey any lawful order of the county elections official or his or her deputy is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he or she is by his or her refusal guilty of a higher crime under the laws of this state.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18572
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18572
Each counting board and its members are subject to the liabilities and penalties to which precinct boards or their members are subject where the votes and returns are counted at the precincts where they were polled.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18573
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18573
Every person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years who furnishes any voter wishing to vote, who cannot read, with a ballot, informing or giving that voter to understand th
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18573.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18573.5
(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person who is providing care or direct supervision to an elder in a state-licensed or state-subsidized facility or program to coerce or deceive the elder into voting for or against a candidate or measure contrary to the elder’s intent or in the absen
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18574
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18574
Every person who, after being required by the precinct board at an election, refuses to be sworn or, being sworn, refuses to answer any pertinent questions propounded by the board touching the right of another to vote, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18575
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18575
Every person is guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three or four years, who at any election: (a) Without first having been appointed and qualified, acts as an election offi
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18577
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18577
Any person having charge of a completed vote by mail ballot who willfully interferes or causes interference with its return to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18578
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18578
Any person who applies for, or who votes or attempts to vote, a vote by mail ballot by fraudulently signing the name of a fictitious person, or of a regularly qualified voter, or of a person who is not qualified to vote, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant t
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18580
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18580
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Firearm” means a device designed to be used as a weapon, from which a projectile is expelled through a barrel by the force of an explosion or other form of combustion. It includes any firearm that is in the n
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18581
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18581
(a) A person shall not intimidate, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for any of the following: (1) Voting or attempting to vote. (2) Urging or aiding any person to vote or attempt to vote, whether as part of official election adm
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18582
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18582
(a) A person aggrieved by a violation of Section 18581 may enforce the provisions of this article in a suit at law or in equity, or both. A prevailing plaintiff in such an action shall recover reasonable attorney’s fees, reasonable expert fees, reasonable litigation expenses, and
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18600
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18600
Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a) Circulating, as principal or agent, or having charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures to, any state or local initiative, referendum or recall petition, intentionally misrepresents or intentionally makes any
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18601
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18601
Any person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who refuses to allow a prospective signer to read the measure or petition is guilty of a misdemeanor. An arrest or conviction pursuant to this section shall not invalidate
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18602
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18602
Any person working for the proponent or proponents of a statewide initiative or referendum measure who covers or otherwise obscures the summary of the measure prepared by the Attorney General from the view of a prospective signer is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18603
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18603
Every person who offers or gives money or other valuable consideration to another in exchange for his or her signature on a state, county, municipal, or district initiative, referendum, or recall petition is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18604
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18604
Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this article, Article 2 (commencing with Section 18610), Article 3 (commencing with Section 18620), Article 5 (commencing with Section 18640), Article 6 (commencing with Section 18650), or Article 7 (commencing with Section 18660
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18610
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18610
Every person who solicits any circulator to affix to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition any false or forged signature, or to cause or permit a false or forged signature to be affixed, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18611
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18611
Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonme
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18612
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18612
Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly signs his or her own name more than once to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition, or signs his or her name to that petition knowing himself or herself at the time of signing not to be qualified to sign it.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18613
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18613
Every person who subscribes to any initiative, referendum, or recall petition a fictitious name, or who subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe such a name to that petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to sub
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18614
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 18614
Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonme