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CA Elec Code § 18569 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18569.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18570 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18570.

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 the result of votes cast that is to be delivered to the city or county elections official.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18571 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18571.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18572 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18572.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18573 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18573.

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 that it contains a name written or printed thereon different from the name which is written or printed thereon, or defrauds any voter at any election by deceiving and causing him or her to vote for a different person for any office than he or she intended or desired to vote for.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 86. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18573.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18573.5.

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 absence of any intent of the elder to cast a vote for or against that candidate or measure.(b) For purposes of this section, “elder” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 15610.27 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(c) A violation of this section is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per ballot containing a vote cast by the elder as a result of the coercion or deception or by both that imprisonment and fine.(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under any other provision.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 260, Sec. 1. (AB 547) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Elec Code § 18574 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18574.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18575 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18575.

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 officer.(b) Not being an election officer, performs or discharges any of the duties of an election officer in regard to the handling, counting, or canvassing of any ballots.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 87. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18576 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18576.

18576.  Any person who willfully (a) interferes with the prompt delivery of a completed vote by mail ballot application, (b) retains a completed vote by mail ballot application, without the voter’s authorization, for more than three days excluding weekends and state holidays, or by the deadline for return of vote by mail ballot applications, whichever is earlier, or (c) denies an applicant the right to return his or her own completed vote by mail ballot application to the local elections official having jurisdiction over the election, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 116. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Elec Code § 18577 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18577.

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 six months, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 117. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Elec Code § 18578 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 6 - Corruption of the Voting Process|ARTICLE 4 - Corruption of Voting|Section 18578.

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 to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 88. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 1 - Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics|Section 18600.

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 false statement concerning the contents, purport or effect of the petition, or the petition’s Official Top Funders disclosure required by Section 107, to any person who signs, or who desires to sign, or who is requested to sign, or who makes inquiries with reference to it, or to whom it is presented for the person’s signature.(b) Willfully and knowingly circulates, publishes, or exhibits any false statement or misrepresentation concerning the contents, purport or effect of any state or local initiative, referendum, or recall petition, or the petition’s Official Top Funders disclosure required by Section 107, for the purpose of obtaining any signature to, or persuading or influencing any person to sign, that petition.(c) Circulating, as principal or agent, or having charge or control of the circulation of, or obtaining signatures to, any state or local initiative, intentionally makes any false statement in response to any inquiry by any voter as to whether the person is a paid signature gatherer or a volunteer.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 563, Sec. 8. (SB 47) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Elec Code § 18601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 1 - Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics|Section 18601.

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 or otherwise affect the validity of any signature obtained by the person arrested or convicted.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 1 - Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics|Section 18602.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 1 - Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics|Section 18603.

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.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 714, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Elec Code § 18604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 1 - Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics|Section 18604.

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), the court may order as a condition of probation that the convicted person be prohibited from receiving money or other valuable consideration for gathering signatures on an initiative, referendum, or recall petition.(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 372, Sec. 2. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Elec Code § 18610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 2 - False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition|Section 18610.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18611 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 2 - False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition|Section 18611.

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 imprisonment, who circulates or causes to be circulated any initiative, referendum, or recall petition, knowing it to contain false, forged, or fictitious names.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 89. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 2 - False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition|Section 18612.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18613 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 2 - False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition|Section 18613.

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 subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 90. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 2 - False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition|Section 18614.

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 imprisonment, who files in the office of the elections official or other officer designated by law to receive the filing, any initiative, referendum, or recall petition to which is attached, appended or subscribed any signature which the person filing the petition knows to be false or fraudulent or not the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 91. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18620 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 3 - Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing|Section 18620.

18620.  Every person who seeks, solicits, bargains for, or obtains any money, thing of value, or advantage of or from any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose or represented purpose of fraudulently inducing, persuading, or seeking the proponent or proponents of any initiative or referendum measure or recall petition to (a) abandon the measure or petition, (b) fail, neglect, or refuse to file in the office of the elections official or other officer designated by law, within the time required by law, the initiative or referendum measure or recall petition after securing the number of signatures required to qualify the measure or petition, (c) stop the circulation of the initiative or referendum measure or recall petition, or (d) perform any act that will prevent or aid in preventing the initiative or referendum measure or recall petition from qualifying as an initiative or referendum measure, or the recall petition from resulting in a recall election, 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 imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 92. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18621 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 3 - Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing|Section 18621.

18621.  Any proponent of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who seeks, solicits, bargains for, or obtains any money or thing of value of or from any person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of abandoning the same or stopping the circulation of petitions concerning the same, or failing or neglecting or refusing to file the measure or petition in the office of the elections official or other officer designated by law within the time required by law after obtaining the number of signatures required under the law to qualify the measure or petition, or withdrawing an initiative petition after filing it with the appropriate elections official, or performing any act that will prevent or aid in preventing the initiative, referendum, or recall proposed from qualifying as an initiative or referendum measure, or resulting in a recall election 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 imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 697, Sec. 17. (SB 1253) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Elec Code § 18622 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 3 - Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing|Section 18622.

18622.  Every person who offers to buy or does buy from a circulator any referendum, initiative, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or both. This section is not intended to prohibit compensation of a circulator, for his or her services, by a proponent of the petition or his or her agent.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18630 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 4 - Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing|Section 18630.

18630.  Every person who threatens to commit an assault or battery on a person circulating a referendum, initiative, or recall petition or on a relative of a person circulating a referendum, initiative, or recall petition or to inflict damage on the property of the circulator or the relative, with the intent to dissuade the circulator from circulating the petition or in retribution for the circulation, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18631 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 4 - Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation and Filing|Section 18631.

18631.  Every person who forcibly or by stealth takes from the possession of a circulator any initiative, referendum, or recall petition on which one or more persons have affixed their signatures is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
CA Elec Code § 18640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 5 - Refusal of Circulators to Turn in Petitions|Section 18640.

18640.  Any person working for the proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure or recall petition who solicits signatures to qualify the measure or petition and accepts any payment therefor and who fails to surrender the measure or petition to the proponents thereof for filing 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 imprisonment.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 94. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Elec Code § 18650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 6 - Misuse of Signatures on Petition|Section 18650.

18650.  No one shall knowingly or willfully permit the list of signatures on an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the initiative or referendum measure or recall question for the ballot, except as provided in Section 6253.5 of the Government Code. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. Superseded on January 1, 2023; see amendment by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
CA Elec Code § 18650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Elections Code - ELEC|DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS|CHAPTER 7 - Initiative, Referendum, and Recall|ARTICLE 6 - Misuse of Signatures on Petition|Section 18650.

18650.  No one shall knowingly or willfully permit the list of signatures on an initiative, referendum, or recall petition to be used for any purpose other than qualification of the initiative or referendum measure or recall question for the ballot, except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 7924.100) of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of Division 10 of Title 1 of the Government Code. Violation of this section is a misdemeanor.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 103. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)