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CA Elec Code § 16201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 3 - Contests at General Elections|Section 16201.

16201.  No irregularity or improper conduct in the proceedings of the precinct board members, or any of them, is malconduct that avoids an election, unless the irregularity or improper conduct is such as to procure the defendant to be declared either elected or one of those receiving an equal and highest number of votes where no one person has received the highest number of votes.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 3 - Contests at General Elections|Section 16202.

16202.  When any election held for an office exercised in and for a county is contested on account of any malconduct on the part of the precinct board of any precinct, or any member thereof, the election shall not be annulled or set aside upon any proof thereof, unless the rejection of the vote of that precinct would change the result as to that office in the remaining vote of the county.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 3 - Contests at General Elections|Section 16203.

16203.  An election shall not be set aside on account of illegal votes, unless it appears that a number of illegal votes has been given to the person whose right to the office is contested or who has been certified as having tied for first place, which, if taken from him, would reduce the number of his legal votes below the number of votes given to some other person for the same office, after deducting therefrom the illegal votes which may be shown to have been given to that other person.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 3 - Contests at General Elections|Section 16204.

16204.  An election shall not be set aside on account of eligible voters being denied the right to vote, unless it appears that a sufficient number of voters were denied the right to vote as to change the result.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 173, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Elec Code § 16300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 4 - Contests at Primary Elections|Section 16300.

16300.  Irregularity or improper conduct shall annul or set aside a nomination only if it appears that illegal votes in the precinct have been given to the defendant, which if taken from him or her, would reduce the number of his legal votes below the number of votes given to the contestant.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 9 - Costs|Section 16800.

16800.  If the proceedings in a general election contest under this division are dismissed for insufficiency or for want of prosecution, or the election is confirmed by the court, judgment for costs shall be rendered against the contestant and in favor of the defendant. If the election is annulled or set aside on the ground of errors of a precinct board in conducting the election or in canvassing the returns, the costs shall be a charge against the county or city where the election was held. When the election is annulled or set aside on any other ground, judgment for costs shall be given in favor of contestant and against the defendant.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 9 - Costs|Section 16801.

16801.  Where two or more contested elections are joined for the purpose of recounting votes, the costs shall be apportioned among the parties in the discretion of the court.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 9 - Costs|Section 16802.

16802.  Primarily each party is liable for the costs created by himself or herself to the officers and witnesses entitled thereto, which costs may be collected in the same manner as similar costs are collected in other cases.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 16803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS|CHAPTER 9 - Costs|Section 16803.

16803.  The provisions relating to costs in contested final elections apply to primary election contests conducted under this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 17000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 1 - Affidavits of Registration and Voter Registration Indexes|Section 17000.

17000.  (a) The elections official shall preserve all canceled original affidavits of registration for a period of five years, after which they may be destroyed by that officer.(b) In lieu of preserving the canceled original affidavit of registration, the elections official may, by filming or other suitable method, record the canceled affidavit and destroy the affidavit following the first general election after the date of cancellation.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 17001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 1 - Affidavits of Registration and Voter Registration Indexes|Section 17001.

17001.  The elections official shall keep a copy of the roster described in Section 2183 on file as a public record for election, political research, and governmental purposes for a period of five years.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 78. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Elec Code § 17100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 2 - Nomination Documents|Section 17100.

17100.  (a) All nomination documents and signatures in lieu of filing fee petitions filed in accordance with this code shall be held by the officer with whom they are filed during the term of office for which they are filed and for four years after the expiration of the term.(b) Thereafter, the documents and petitions shall be destroyed as soon as practicable unless they either are in evidence in some action or proceeding then pending or unless the elections official has received a written request from the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Fair Political Practices Commission, a district attorney, a grand jury, or the governing body of a county, city and county, or district, including a school district, that the documents and petitions be preserved for use in a pending or ongoing investigation into election irregularities, the subject of which relates to the placement of a candidate’s name on the ballot, or in a pending or ongoing investigation into a violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code).(c) Public access to the documents described in subdivision (a) shall be limited to viewing the documents only. The public may not copy or distribute copies of the documents described in subdivision (a) that contain signatures of voters.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 785, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Elec Code § 17200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 3 - Initiative and Referendum Petitions|Section 17200.

17200.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), elections officials required by law to receive or file in their offices any initiative or referendum petition shall preserve the petition until eight months after the certification of the results of the election for which the petition qualified or, if the measure, for any reason, is not submitted to the voters, eight months after the final examination of the petition by the elections official.(b) Thereafter, the petition shall be destroyed as soon as practicable unless any of the following conditions is satisfied:(1) The petition is in evidence in some action or proceeding then pending.(2) The elections official has received a written request from the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Fair Political Practices Commission, a district attorney, a grand jury, or the governing body of a county, city and county, or district, including a school district, that the petition be preserved for use in a pending or ongoing investigation into election irregularities, the subject of which relates to the petition’s qualification or disqualification for placement on the ballot, or in a pending or ongoing investigation into a violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code).(3) The proponents of the petition have commenced an examination pursuant to Section 6253.5 of the Government Code, in which case the petition shall be preserved until one year from the date that the proponents last examined the petition.(c) If a petition subject to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is circulated in multiple counties, a county that performs an examination pursuant to this section shall inform the other counties in which the petition is circulated of the examination to facilitate compliance with that paragraph. If the petition is circulated statewide, the Secretary of State shall ensure compliance.(d) Public access to any such petition shall be restricted in accordance with Section 6253.5 of the Government Code.(e) This section applies to the following petitions:(1) Statewide initiative and referendum petitions.(2) County initiative and referendum petitions.(3) Municipal initiative and referendum petitions.(4) Municipal city charter amendment petitions.(5) District initiative and referendum petitions.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 354, Sec. 1. (AB 1729) Effective January 1, 2018. Superseded on January 1, 2023; see amendment by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Elec Code § 17200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 3 - Initiative and Referendum Petitions|Section 17200.

17200.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), elections officials required by law to receive or file in their offices any initiative or referendum petition shall preserve the petition until eight months after the certification of the results of the election for which the petition qualified or, if the measure, for any reason, is not submitted to the voters, eight months after the final examination of the petition by the elections official.(b) Thereafter, the petition shall be destroyed as soon as practicable unless any of the following conditions is satisfied:(1) The petition is in evidence in some action or proceeding then pending.(2) The elections official has received a written request from the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Fair Political Practices Commission, a district attorney, a grand jury, or the governing body of a county, city and county, or district, including a school district, that the petition be preserved for use in a pending or ongoing investigation into election irregularities, the subject of which relates to the petition’s qualification or disqualification for placement on the ballot, or in a pending or ongoing investigation into a violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code).(3) The proponents of the petition have commenced an examination pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 7924.100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code, in which case the petition shall be preserved until one year from the date that the proponents last examined the petition.(c) If a petition subject to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is circulated in multiple counties, a county that performs an examination pursuant to this section shall inform the other counties in which the petition is circulated of the examination to facilitate compliance with that paragraph. If the petition is circulated statewide, the Secretary of State shall ensure compliance.(d) Public access to the petition shall be restricted in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 7924.100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code.(e) This section applies to the following petitions:(1) Statewide initiative and referendum petitions.(2) County initiative and referendum petitions.(3) Municipal initiative and referendum petitions.(4) Municipal city charter amendment petitions.(5) District initiative and referendum petitions.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 100. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Elec Code § 17300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17300.

17300.  (a) (1) The elections official shall preserve all rosters or combined rosters and voter lists as provided for in Section 14107, if applicable, until five years after the date of the election, after which they may be destroyed by that official.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, if an electronic poll book is used, a copy of the electronic data file may be preserved in lieu of preserving a paper copy of the rosters or combined rosters and voter lists, if applicable.(b) In lieu of preserving the original roster, the elections official may, by filming or other suitable method, record the original roster of voters and destroy the roster following the next subsequent general election.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 100, Sec. 4. (AB 1591) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Elec Code § 17301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17301.

17301.  (a) The following provisions shall apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.(b) The packages containing the following ballots and identification envelope shall be kept by the elections official, unopened and unaltered, for 22 months from the date of the election:(1) Voted polling place ballots.(2) Paper record copies, as defined by Section 19271, if any, of voted polling place ballots.(3) Voted vote by mail voter ballots.(4) Vote by mail voter identification envelopes.(5) Voted provisional voter ballots.(6) Provisional ballot voter identification envelopes.(7) Spoiled ballots.(8) Canceled ballots.(9) Unused vote by mail ballots surrendered by the voter pursuant to Section 3015.(10) Ballot receipts.(c) If a contest is not commenced within the 22-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, marking or falsification of ballots, or forgery of vote by mail voters’ signatures is not commenced within the 22-month period, either of which may involve the vote of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official shall have the ballots destroyed or recycled. The packages shall otherwise remain unopened until the ballots are destroyed or recycled.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 909, Sec. 13. (AB 2562) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Elec Code § 17302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17302.

17302.  (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17301. An election is not deemed a state or local election if votes for candidates for federal office may be cast on the same ballot as votes for candidates for state or local office.(b) The packages containing the following ballots and identification envelopes shall be kept by the elections official, unopened and unaltered, for six months from the date of the election:(1) Voted polling place ballots.(2) Paper record copies, as defined by Section 19271, if any, of voted polling place ballots.(3) Voted vote by mail voter ballots.(4) Vote by mail voter identification envelopes.(5) Voted provisional voter ballots.(6) Provisional ballot voter identification envelopes.(7) Spoiled ballots.(8) Canceled ballots.(9) Unused vote by mail ballots surrendered by the voter pursuant to Section 3015.(10) Ballot receipts.(c) If a contest is not commenced within the six-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, marking or falsification of ballots, or forgery of vote by mail voters’ signatures is not commenced within the six-month period, either of which may involve the vote of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official shall have the packages destroyed or recycled. The packages shall otherwise remain unopened until the ballots are destroyed or recycled.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 909, Sec. 14. (AB 2562) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Elec Code § 17303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17303.

17303.  (a) The following provisions apply to those elections in which candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.(b) The elections official shall preserve the package or packages containing the following items for a period of 22 months:(1) Two tally sheets.(2) The challenge lists.(3) The assisted voters’ list.(c) All voters may inspect the contents of the package or packages at all times following commencement of the official canvass of the votes.(d) If a contest is not commenced within the 22-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, marking, or falsification of ballots, or forgery of vote by mail voters’ signatures is not commenced within the 22-month period, either of which may involve the vote of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official may have the packages destroyed or recycled.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 100, Sec. 5. (AB 1591) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Elec Code § 17304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17304.

17304.  (a) The following provisions apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17303. An election is not deemed a state or local election if votes for candidates for federal office may be cast on the same ballot as votes for candidates for state or local office.(b) The elections official shall preserve the package or packages containing the following items for a period of six months:(1) Two tally sheets.(2) The copy of the roster used as the voting record. If an electronic poll book is used, a copy of the electronic data file may be preserved in lieu of creating a paper copy.(3) The challenge lists.(4) The assisted voters’ list.(c) All voters may inspect the contents of the package or packages at all times following commencement of the official canvass of the votes, except that items that contain signatures of voters may not be copied or distributed.(d) If a contest is not commenced within the six-month period, or if a criminal prosecution involving fraudulent use, marking or falsification of ballots, or forgery of vote by mail voters’ signatures is not commenced within the six-month period, either of which may involve the vote of the precinct from which voted ballots were received, the elections official may have the packages destroyed or recycled.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 81. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Elec Code § 17305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17305.

17305.  (a) The following provisions apply to those elections where candidates for one or more of the following offices are voted upon: President, Vice President, United States Senator, and United States Representative.(b) Upon the completion of the counting of the votes as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 15640) of Chapter 9 of Division 15, all ballot cards shall be kept by the elections official for 22 months from the date of the election or so long thereafter as any contest involving the vote at the election remains undetermined.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the final disposition of all voted ballot cards shall be determined by the elections official.(d) Sealed ballot containers may be opened if the elections official determines it is necessary in a shredding or recycling process. This section shall not be construed to allow packages or containers to be opened except for purposes specified herein. The packages or containers shall otherwise remain unopened until the ballots are destroyed or recycled.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 82. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Elec Code § 17306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 4 - Precinct Supplies and Ballots|Section 17306.

17306.  (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17305. An election is not deemed a state or local election if votes for candidates for federal office may be cast on the same ballot as votes for candidates for state or local office.(b) Upon the completion of the counting of the votes as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 15640) of Chapter 9 of Division 15, all ballot cards shall be kept by the elections official for six months from the date of the election or so long thereafter as any contest involving the vote at the election remains undetermined.(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the final disposition of all voted ballot cards shall be determined by the elections official.(d) Sealed ballot containers may be opened if the elections official determines it is necessary in a shredding or recycling process. This section shall not be construed to allow packages or containers to be opened except for purposes specified herein. The packages or containers shall otherwise remain unopened until the ballots are destroyed or recycled.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 83. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Elec Code § 17400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS|CHAPTER 5 - Recall Petitions|Section 17400.

17400.  (a) The elections official or, in the case of the recall of a state officer, the Secretary of State, shall preserve in his or her office all recall petitions filed for eight months after the results of the election for which the petition qualified or, if no election is held, eight months after the elections official’s final examination of the petition.(b) Thereafter, the petition shall be destroyed as soon as practicable, unless it is in evidence in some action or proceeding then pending or unless the elections official has received a written request from the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Fair Political Practices Commission, a district attorney, a grand jury, or the governing body of a county, city and county, city, or district, including a school district, that the petition be preserved for use in a pending or ongoing investigation into election irregularities, or in a pending or ongoing investigation into a violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code).(c) Public access to any such petition shall be restricted in accordance with Section 6253.5 of the Government Code.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. Superseded on January 1, 2023; see amendment by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)