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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS › CHAPTER 10 - Appeals › ARTICLE 2 - Primary Elections: Other than a Recount › Section 16920.

16920. Either party to a contest may appeal to the district court of appeal of the district where the contest is brought, if the appeal is perfected by the appellant within 10 days after judgment of the superior court is pronounced. The appeal shall have precedence over all other appeals and shall be acted upon by the district court of appeal within 10 days after the appeal is filed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS › CHAPTER 5 - Recall Petitions › Section 17400.

17400. (a) The elections official shall preserve in that person’s 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 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.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 101) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 166, Sec. 5. (AB 2967) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 17501.

17501. Following each general election, the county elections official shall file copies of all precinct maps with the Secretary of State. If there is no change in the precinct maps from those maps that are currently on file, in lieu of filing copies of those maps with the Secretary of State, the elections official may submit a written statement informing the Secretary of State of that fact. The Secretary of State shall maintain a file of all the copies for 12 years and shall, upon request, make them available for examination.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 17502.

17502. (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 elections official shall preserve the following records reflecting the appointment of precinct officials until 22 months from the date of any election.
(1) Precinct officers’ declaration of intention required by Section 12321.
(2) Precinct board member applications specified in Section 12300.
(3) Order appointing members of the several precinct boards and designating the polling places specified in Section 12286.
(4) Nominations for appointment to the precinct board by the county central committee of each qualified political party specified in Section 12306.
(5) Written orders appointing precinct board members or designating the polling place for the precinct pursuant to Section 12327.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 810, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 17503.

17503. (a) The following provisions shall apply to all state or local elections not provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 17502. 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 following records reflecting the appointment of precinct officials until six months from the date of an election.
(1) Precinct officers’ declaration of intention required by Section 12321.
(2) Precinct board member applications specified in Section 12300.
(3) Order appointing members of the several precinct boards and designating the polling places specified in Section 12286.
(4) Nominations for appointment to the precinct board by the county central committee of each qualified political party specified in Section 12306.
(5) Written orders appointing precinct board members or designating the polling place for the precinct pursuant to Section 12327.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 810, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 17 - RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS › CHAPTER 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 17506.

17506. The elections official shall preserve the list of new resident voters voting pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 3400) of Division 3 for 22 months from the date of the election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 18001.

18001. Upon a conviction for any crime punishable by imprisonment in any jail or prison, in relation to which no fine is herein prescribed, the court may impose a fine on the offender not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) in cases of misdemeanors or up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in cases of felonies, in addition to the imprisonment prescribed.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 497, Sec. 4. (AB 1436) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 18002.

18002. (a) Every person charged with the performance of any duty under any law of this state relating to elections, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform it, or who, in the person’s official capacity, knowingly and fraudulently acts in contravention or violation of any of those laws, is, unless a different punishment is prescribed by this code, punishable by 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.
(b) This section does not apply to Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 6900) and 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of Division 6.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 216, Sec. 15. (SB 103) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18100.

18100. (a) Every person who willfully causes, procures, or allows himself or herself or any other person to be registered as a voter, knowing that he or she or that other person is not entitled to registration, is punishable 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 for not more than one year.
(b) Every person who knowingly and willfully signs, or causes or procures the signing of, an affidavit of registration of a nonexistent person, and who mails or delivers, or causes or procures the mailing or delivery of, that affidavit to a county elections official is guilty of a crime punishable 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 for not more than one year. For purposes of this subdivision, “nonexistent person” includes, but is not limited to, deceased persons, animals, and inanimate objects.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 58. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18101.

18101. Every person who knowingly and willfully completes, or causes or procures the completion of, in whole or in part, an affidavit of registration or a voter registration card, with the intent to cause the registration or reregistration as a voter of a fictitious person or of any person who has not requested registration or reregistration as a voter, is guilty of a crime punishable 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 for not more than one year.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 59. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18102.

18102. Any deputy elections official or registration elections official who knowingly registers a nonexistent person, knowingly registers a person under a false name or address, or knowingly registers a person who is ineligible to register is punishable 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 for not more than one year.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 60. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18103.

18103. Any person who knowingly or negligently (a) interferes with the prompt transfer of a completed affidavit of registration to the county elections official, (b) retains a voter’s completed registration card, without the voter’s authorization, for more than three days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays, or after the close of registration, or (c) denies a voter the right to return to the county elections official the voter’s own completed registration card, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18104.

18104. An individual or organization having charge of affidavits of registration is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly neglects or refuses to return affidavits of registration as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section 2138) of Chapter 2 of Division 2. The county elections official shall report to the district attorney of the county, under oath, the names of all individuals or organizations who have failed to return the affidavits. The district attorney shall take appropriate civil or criminal action.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 106, Sec. 5. (AB 3370) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18105.

18105. No affidavit of registration or voter registration card shall contain, and no person other than the registrant shall write on or affix thereto, or cause to be written on or affixed thereto, any statement urging or indicating support or opposition to any candidate or measure.
Any person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18106.

18106. Every person is punishable 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 for not more than one year who, without the specific consent of the affiant, willfully and with the intent to affect the affiant’s voting rights, causes, procures, or allows the completion, alteration, or defacement of the affiant’s party affiliation declaration contained in an executed, or partially executed, affidavit of registration pursuant to paragraph (8) of subdivision (a) of Section 2150 and Section 2151.
This section shall not apply to a county elections official carrying out his or her official duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 162, Sec. 47. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18108.

18108. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person who receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from the elector, and fails to comply with Section 2159, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or if the failure to comply is found to be willful, not exceeding one year, or both.
(b) A person who receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from the elector, upon a third or subsequent conviction, on charges brought and separately tried, for failure to comply with Section 2159 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both.
(c) This section does not apply to a public agency or its employees that is designated as a voter registration agency pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.), if an elector asks for assistance to register to vote during the course and scope of the agency’s normal business.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 123. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18108.1.

18108.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person who receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from the elector, and knowingly misrepresents himself or herself as having helped register another to vote on a registration form, pursuant to Section 2159, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) A person who receives money or other valuable consideration to assist another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from the elector, upon a third or subsequent conviction, on charges brought and separately tried, for misrepresenting himself or herself as having helped register another to vote on a registration form, pursuant to Section 2159, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(c) This section does not apply to a public agency or its employees that is designated as a voter registration agency pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.), if an elector asks for assistance to register to vote during the course and scope of the agency’s normal business.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 124. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18108.5.

18108.5. (a) A person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a person who assists another person to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration, or by assisting with the submission of an affidavit of registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State, who fails to comply with Section 2159.5, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months or when the failure to comply is found to be willful, not exceeding one year, or both.
(b)  A person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a person who assists another person to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration, or by assisting with the submission of an affidavit of registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State, upon a third or subsequent conviction, on charges brought and separately tried, for failure to comply with Section 2159.5 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both.
(c) An elections official shall notify a person, company, or other organization that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration, whether on a per-affidavit basis or otherwise, to a person who assists another person to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration or by assisting with the submission of an affidavit of registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State, that three or more affidavits of registration submitted by a person who assisted another to register to vote do not comply with Sections 18100, 18101, 18103, or 18106. The elections official may forward a copy of each of the noncomplying affidavits of registration to the district attorney, who may make a determination whether probable cause exists to believe that a violation of law has occurred.
(d) This section shall not apply to a public agency or its employees that is designated as a voter registration agency pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.), when an elector asks for assistance to register to vote during the course and scope of the agency’s normal business.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 732, Sec. 33. (AB 1536) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18109.

18109. (a) It is a misdemeanor for a person in possession of information identified in Section 2138.5, or obtained pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 2183) of Chapter 2 of Division 2 of this code or Section 7924.000 of the Government Code, knowingly to use or permit the use of all or any part of that information for any purpose other than as permitted by law.
(b) It is a misdemeanor for a person knowingly to acquire possession or use of voter registration information from the Secretary of State or a county elections official without first complying with Section 2188.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 615, Sec. 102. (AB 474) Effective January 1, 2022. Operative January 1, 2023, pursuant to Sec. 463 of Stats. 2021, Ch. 615.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18110.

18110. (a) For purposes of this section, “home address” means only street address and does not include an individual’s city or post office address.
(b) Any person or public entity who, in violation of Section 2194, discloses the home address or telephone number listed on a voter registration card of any of the following individuals is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) An active or retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
(2) An employee of a city police department or a county sheriff’s office.
(3) The spouse or children of the individuals specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) who live with those individuals.
(c) Any person or public entity, who in violation of Section 2194, discloses the home address or telephone number listed on a voter registration card of any individual specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (b), and that violation results in bodily injury to any of those individuals, is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1207, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18111.

18111. Any person, individual, or organization that knowingly violates Section 2138.5 is guilty of an infraction, punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Prosecution for a violation of Section 2138.5 shall not prohibit prosecution under any other applicable provision of law.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 305, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Voter Registration › Section 18112.

18112. Upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this chapter, the court may order as a condition of probation that the convicted person be prohibited from receiving money or other valuable consideration for assisting another person to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 372, Sec. 1. (AB 2101) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 18200.

18200. Every person who subscribes to any nomination petition a fictitious name, or who intentionally subscribes thereto the name of another, or who causes another to subscribe a fictitious name to a nomination petition, is guilty of a felony and is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 62. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 18201.

18201. Any person who falsely makes or fraudulently defaces or destroys all or any part of a nomination paper, 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 63. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 18202.

18202. Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any nomination paper or declaration of candidacy in his or her possession that is entitled to be filed under this code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 18203.

18203. Any person who files or submits for filing a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy knowing that it or any part of it has been made falsely 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 64. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 18204.

18204. Any person who willfully suppresses all or any part of a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy either before or after filing 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 65. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 18205.

18205. A person shall not directly or through any other person advance, pay, solicit, or receive or cause to be advanced, paid, solicited, or received, any money or other valuable consideration to or for the use of any person in order to induce a person not to become or to withdraw as a candidate for public office. Violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 66. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 1 - Campaign Literature › Section 18301.

18301. In addition to any other penalty, a person who prints or otherwise duplicates, or causes to be printed or duplicated, a simulated ballot or simulated county voter information guide that does not contain the statement required by Section 20009, or that uses an official seal or insignia in violation of Section 20009, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 79. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 1 - Campaign Literature › Section 18302.

18302. (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly causes to be mailed or distributed, or knowingly mails or distributes, literature to a voter that includes a designation of the voter’s precinct polling place other than a precinct polling place listed for that voter in an official precinct polling list that constituted the latest official precinct polling list at sometime not more than 30 days prior to the mailing or distribution.
(b) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, with actual knowledge and intent to deceive, causes to be distributed or distributes, including distribution by mail, radio or television broadcast, telephone call, text message, email, or any other electronic means, including over the Internet, literature or any other form of communication to a voter that includes any of the following:
(1) The incorrect location of a vote center, office of an elections official, satellite office of an elections official where voting is permitted, vote by mail ballot drop box, or vote by mail ballot drop-off location.
(2) False or misleading information regarding the qualifications to vote or to register to vote.
(3) False or misleading information regarding the qualifications to apply for, receive, or return a vote by mail ballot.
(4) False or misleading information regarding the date of an election or the days, dates, or times voting may occur at a place described in paragraph (1).
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 109, Sec. 3. (SB 739) Effective September 18, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 1 - Campaign Literature › Section 18303.

18303. Every person who violates Section 84305 of the Government Code relating to mass mailing is subject to the penal provisions set forth in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 91000) of Title 9 of the Government Code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 1 - Campaign Literature › Section 18304.

18304. (a) Any person who uses or allows to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the county or the seal of a local government agency in any campaign literature or mass mailing, as defined in Section 82041.5 of the Government Code, with intent to deceive the voters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) For purposes of this section, the use of a reproduction or facsimile of a seal in a manner that creates a misleading, erroneous, or false impression that the document is authorized by a public official is evidence of intent to deceive.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term “local government agency” means a school district, special or other district, or any other board, commission, or agency of local jurisdiction.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 380, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 2 - Political Party Caucuses › Section 18310.

18310. A person shall not directly or through any other person pay or receive any money or other valuable consideration before, during, or after an election in order to reward any person or as a reward for voting for or against or agreeing to vote for or against the election or endorsement of any other person as the nominee or candidate of any caucus, convention, organized assemblage of delegates, or other body representing or claiming to represent a political party, candidate, or principle, or any club, society, or association. A violation of this section shall be punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 67. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 2 - Political Party Caucuses › Section 18311.

18311. Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years who:
(a) Gives or offers a bribe to any officer or member of any political convention, committee, or political gathering of any kind, held for the purpose of nominating candidates for offices of honor, trust, or profit in this state, with intent to influence the person to whom the bribe is given or offered to be more favorable to one candidate than another.
(b) Being a member of any of the bodies mentioned in this section receives or offers to receive any bribe described in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 68. (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.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 18 - PENAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Election Campaigns › ARTICLE 3 - Deceptive Online Activities › Section 18320.

18320. (a) This act shall be known and may be cited as the “California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act.”
(b) It is unlawful for a person, with intent to mislead, deceive, or defraud, to commit an act of political cyberfraud.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Political cyberfraud” means a knowing and willful act concerning a political Web site that is committed with the intent to deny a person access to a political Web site, deny a person the opportunity to register a domain name for a political Web site, or cause a person reasonably to believe that a political Web site has been posted by a person other than the person who posted the Internet Web site, and would cause a reasonable person, after reading the Internet Web site, to believe the site actually represents the views of the proponent or opponent of a ballot measure or of a candidate for public office. Political cyberfraud includes, but is not limited to, any of the following acts:
(A) Intentionally diverting or redirecting access to a political Web site to another person’s Internet Web site by the use of a similar domain name, meta-tags, or other electronic measures.
(B) Intentionally preventing or denying exit from a political Web site by the use of frames, hyperlinks, mousetrapping, popup screens, or other electronic measures.
(C) Registering a domain name that is similar to another domain name for a political Web site.
(D) Intentionally preventing the use of a domain name for a political Web site by registering and holding the domain name or by reselling it to another with the intent of preventing its use, or both.
(2) “Domain name” means any alphanumeric designation that is registered with or assigned by any domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain registration authority as part of an electronic address on the Internet.
(3) “Political Web site” means an Internet Web site that urges or appears to urge the support or opposition of a ballot measure or a candidate for public office.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 715, Sec. 1. (AB 1104) Effective January 1, 2018.)