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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 359.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 359.5
(a) “Voter-nominated office” means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. A political party or party central committee shall not nominate a candidate at a
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 360
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 360
“Voting device” means any device used in conjunction with a ballot card or cards to indicate the choice of the voter by marking, punching, or slotting the ballot card.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 361
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 361
“Voting machine” means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible,
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 362
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 362
“Voting system” means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used for casting a ballot, tabulating votes, or both. “Voting system” does not include a remote accessible vote by mail system.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4
Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this code.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4000
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4000
A local, special, or consolidated election may be conducted wholly by mail provided that all of the following conditions apply: (a) The governing body of the local agency authorizes the use of mailed ballots for the election. (b) The election is held on an established mailed ball
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4002
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4002
Notwithstanding Section 4000, a special district may conduct its elections by mail in accordance with Sections 1500, 4104, 4105, and 4108.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4003
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4003
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever any district has adopted the all-mailed ballot procedure for conducting general district elections pursuant to Section 4104 and any other election is scheduled to be held in territory that is the same or partly the territory of
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4004
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4004
(a) “Small city” means a city with a population of 100,000 or less, as determined by the annual city total population rankings by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance. (b) “Eligible entity” means a school district or a special district. (c) Notwithstanding S
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4005
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4005
(a) Notwithstanding Section 4000 or any other law, any county may conduct any election as an all-mailed ballot election if all of the following apply: (1) (A) At least two ballot dropoff locations are provided within the jurisdiction where the election is held or the number of ba
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4005.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4005.5
The Secretary of State shall assist each county conducting an election in 2018 pursuant to Section 4005 in providing voter education and community outreach in addition to the voter education and outreach required by Section 4005, including, but not limited to, direct contact with
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4005.6
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4005.6
An election conducted pursuant to Section 4005 is subject to the following requirements: (a) The provisions of Sections 14200 and 14201 that apply to polling places also apply to vote centers. (b) Prior to every election, the county elections official shall determine if a voter h
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4006
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4006
For any election conducted pursuant to Section 4005, the county elections official shall make a reasonable effort to inform a voter of either of the following: (a) If the voter’s vote by mail ballot envelope is missing a signature. (b) How the voter can correct the missing signat
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4008
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4008
(a) The Secretary of State shall establish a taskforce that includes representatives of all of the following: (1) County elections officials. (2) Individuals with demonstrated language accessibility experience for languages covered under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4100
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4100
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, mail ballot elections shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3000) of Division 3.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4101
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4101
Notwithstanding Sections 13300 and 13303, the elections official shall not commence to mail the combined county voter information guide and mail ballot before the 29th day before the election and shall complete the mailing by the 10th day before the election.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4102
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4102
The elections official may include in the mailings set forth in Section 4101 a printed notice to the voters informing the voters that they may return the voted ballot by certified or registered mail.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4103
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4103
(a) Notwithstanding Section 3020, ballots cast under this chapter shall be returned to the elections official from whom they were obtained no later than 8 p.m. on election day. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any vote by mail ballot cast under this chapter shall be timely ca
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4104
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4104
(a) At the first general district election conducted by all-mailed ballot the following question shall be printed on the ballot and boxes shall be provided for the voter to indicate “Yes” or “No”: “SHALL THE MAILED BALLOT BE USED TO CONDUCT ALL FUTURE GENERAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS?”
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4105
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4105
The question set forth in Section 4104, as to whether an all-mailed ballot election is required to be used in the conduct of all future general district elections, shall be printed on the ballot of any general district election upon (a) the adoption of an appropriate resolution b
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4106
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4106
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a governing board in the County of San Diego may adopt a resolution requiring its general district election to be held on the same day as the statewide direct primary election or the day of the statewide general elec
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4107
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4107
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing board of the Marina County Water District in the County of Monterey may adopt a resolution requiring its general district election to be held on the same day as the statewide direct primary election or the day of the s
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4108
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 4108
(a) Notwithstanding any other law and regardless of the number of eligible voters within its boundaries a district may, by resolution of its governing board, conduct any election by all-mailed ballots pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000). (b) (1) A district condu
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 5
Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of this code.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 5000
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 5000
(a) For purposes of this division, the definition of “party” in Section 338 is applicable. (b) This chapter shall apply to political bodies and to parties not otherwise provided for in Division 7 (commencing with Section 7050).