California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 7 - Secretary of State › Chapter 1 - Voter Registration › Article 2.5 - Statewide Voter Registration System › Section 19079 - State Death and Felony Status Records

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) When a new or updated voter registration
				  record is received by the statewide voter registration system, the Secretary of
				  State shall compare that voter registration record with records of deceased
				  persons from the CDPH and records of persons who are currently in state or
				  federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony who are ineligible
				  to vote, from the CDCR.
(b) When
				  the Secretary of State receives new records from the CDPH or from the CDCR, the
				  records shall be compared to the voter registration records in the statewide
				  voter registration system.
(c) Upon
				  identifying a potential match, the Secretary of State shall transmit notice of
				  the potential match to the county elections official in the county in which the
				  potential match is identified.
(d)
				  Upon receipt of a notice of potential match, the county elections official
				  shall determine whether the registration record matches a record of a deceased
				  person or person who is currently in state or federal prison or on parole for
				  the conviction of a felony which renders that person ineligible to vote in
				  accordance with Section
				  19061. If a match is confirmed by
				  the county elections official, the county elections official shall accept the
				  potential match and that voter's record shall be cancelled.
(e) When the Secretary of State receives a
				  record of a voter with a federal felony conviction which renders them
				  ineligible to vote, the record shall be forwarded to the county elections
				  official of the voter's county of residence. The county elections official
				  shall process the record in accordance with Section
				  19061.
(f) County elections officials shall process
				  county death records in accordance with Elections Code section
				  2205, and
				  upon identifying a match with a voter's record shall submit any change in the
				  registration record to the statewide voter registration system in accordance
				  with Section
				  19061.
(g) County elections officials shall process
				  county felony records in accordance with Elections Code section
				  2212, and
				  upon identifying a match with a voter's record shall submit any change in the
				  registration record to the statewide voter registration system in accordance
				  with Section
				  19061.
1. New
					 section filed 8-27-2020; operative 8-27-2020 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4(b)(3).
					 Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days
					 pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No.
					 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						12172.5,
						Government Code; and Sections
						10 and
						2168,
						Elections Code. Reference: Sections
						2205 and
						2212,
						Elections Code; and 52
						U.S.C. Section
						21083.