California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 7 - Secretary of State › Chapter 1 - Voter Registration › Article 1 - Access to Voter Registration Information › Section 19001 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this Article, the following terms have the
					 following meanings:
(a) "Agent" means
				  a person authorized by a beneficiary to use voter registration information on
				  that person's behalf including, but not limited to, employees and
				  volunteers.
(b) "Applicant" means a
				  person who completes and submits an application to a source agency for the
				  purpose of obtaining voter registration information. If an applicant submits
				  the application on their own behalf, they are also the beneficiary. If an
				  applicant submits the application on behalf of another person, the other person
				  is the beneficiary.
(c)
				  "Beneficiary" means a person, including a vendor, who receives voter
				  registration information either directly or indirectly from a source
				  agency.
(d) "Person" includes any
				  individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust,
				  committee, political organization, corporation, or company.
(e) "Source agency" means the Secretary of
				  State or a county elections official, both of which maintain voter registration
				  information and provide access to such information pursuant to Elections Code
				  sections
				  2188 and
				  2194.
(f) "Specific voter registration record"
				  means voter registration information of an individual named voter for whom the
				  applicant provides all required identifying information such as date of birth.
				  Specific voter registration information does not include requests of
				  unidentified individuals meeting certain criteria, such as any voters living on
				  a certain street in a certain city.
(g) "Vendor" means a person that obtains
				  voter registration information from a source agency for another person's use,
				  including, but not limited to, political parties, political campaigns,
				  political committees, and data aggregators that prepare voter registration
				  information for beneficiaries.
(h)
				  "Voter registration information" means information on registered voters that
				  may be provided to an authorized applicant by a source agency under the
				  provisions of this Article, Elections Code section
				  2194, and
				  Government Code section
				  6254.4.
				  This information includes the following for each voter, to the extent that it
				  is included in any individual voter's record: registration county, unique
				  registration identification number, name, residential address, mailing address,
				  phone number, email address, language preference, date of birth, gender, party
				  preference, registration status, registration date, precinct, registration
				  method, place of birth, registration status reason (reason for the most recent
				  update to the registration), voting assistance request status, permanent
				  vote-by-mail status, county voter identification number, and voting
				  participation history (election date and voting method).
1. New
					 Division 7, Chapter 1, Article 1 (Sections
					 19001-19009) and Article 2
					 (Sections 19050-19059) filed 5-28-76;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 76, No. 22).
2.
					 Amendment to section and NOTE filed 5-20-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter
					 (Register 77, No. 21).
3. Repealer of chapter 1, article 1 (sections
					 19001-19009), new chapter 1,
					 article 1 (sections
					 19009-19013) and repealer and new
					 section filed 5-11-2022; operative 7-1-2022. Transmission deadline specified in
					 Government Code section
					 11346.4(b)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20 (Register 2022, No.
					 19).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						2188.2,
						Elections Code; and Sections
						6254.4 and
						12172.5,
						Government Code. Reference: Sections
						2188 and
						2194,
						Elections Code.