Greens Allege Voter Fraud In Mayor's Race

Gonzalez and all of us who supported and worked for Matt
in his noble mayoral campaign need to keep the heat up on
Newsom and his band of mobsters! The provisional ballot count in this runoff election was much higher than usual for
a mayoral election. So was the absentee vote count. In my
Parkmerced precinct alone, over 10% of the ballots cast were
provisional! Good bet that most of those votes were cast for
Newsom! Don't let this mobster and his gang off the hook!
San Francisco belongs to us, the working class! Time to take
it back from them!

Why the Silence on Voter Fraud?

With the entire buzz over voter shenanigan why the silence from our elected officials?
It does look like main stream media alternative media and the people are calling for enforcement of Voter Fraud Laws. Why the silence and excuses from City Hall?
Don’t they get it? People want change, we all want voter integrity in San Francisco. We want to see voter fraud laws enforced, and voter fraud law breakers sent to jail, not well planned excuses, this needs to be stopped now it has gone on too long. Call your City officials tell them to speak out against voter fraud, and call for stringent enforcement measures to ensure the integrity of San Francisco Voter Rights. It is not a party question it is Voter Rights.

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris opened an investigation Friday into allegations that city-paid workers were pressured to campaign and vote for Gavin Newsom for mayor and other complaints of election improprieties.

"If there has been any criminal misconduct people should and will be held accountable,'' Debbie Mesloh, Harris' spokeswoman, said in announcing the investigation.

Mesloh said the investigation will focus on accounts by street cleaners employed by a city-funded nonprofit group who told The Chronicle they were pressured by their supervisors to cast absentee ballots for Newsom and walk precincts for his campaign in the Nov. 4 general election and the Dec. 9 runoff against Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez.

Investigators also will review a list of 150 complaints catalogued by Gonzalez campaign workers on the day of the runoff, Mesloh said. The complaints -- made public by Gonzalez supporters on Thursday -- range from eyewitness accounts of physical and verbal intimidation at polling places to people being turned away or given misleading information about whether they could cast a vote.

Harris' investigation is the third to focus on the allegations of the street cleaners. Others have been launched by City Attorney Dennis Herrera and California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, the state's chief elections official.

None of the allegations reported by The Chronicle or aired by Gonzalez backers implicate Newsom or paid members of the new mayor's campaign.

"As we've said again and again, there will be no tolerance for these types of activities," Peter Ragone, a spokesman for Newsom, said after receiving word of the district attorney's probe. "We welcome a fair and swift investigation of the allegations made over the past several weeks."

Ragone added that investigators should be looking into "all the allegations" of election-related misconduct during the 2003.

In the weeks leading up to the Dec. 9 mayoral runoff, the Newsom campaign charged that a Gonzalez strategist, Ross Mirkarimi, who works as an investigator in the district attorney's office, was campaigning on public time. Mirkarimi denied the allegation.

The street cleaners told The Chronicle that Mohammed Nuru, the No. 2 official at the city Department of Public Works, and their supervisors at the nonprofit San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners, or SLUG, told the workers that their jobs depended on Newsom winning the election.

Nuru and Jonathan Gomwalk, the executive director of SLUG, denied wrongdoing. Nuru said he never pressured anyone to do anything against his or her will. Gomwalk said SLUG urged workers to take part in the election as part of a civics component of a welfare-to-work program run by the organization.

The city attorney investigation is focused on whether state and local laws against use of public funds for political activity were violated. SLUG is funded by the Public Works Department.

The secretary of state probe focuses on possible violations of the California Election Code, which prohibits inducing someone to vote for or against a candidate in exchange for money, gifts or promises of a job.

The decision by District Attorney Harris to investigate the accounts of the street cleaners could entail questioning members of her own campaign staff. Harris defeated incumbent District Attorney Terence Hallinan in the Dec. 9 runoff election.

Some of the street cleaners told The Chronicle that Gomwalk, the SLUG executive director, told them to participate in a Dec. 2 get-out-the-vote event sponsored by the Harris for District Attorney campaign. They said they rode in vans organized by Harris to the Department of Elections at City Hall, where they said they were pressured by SLUG crew chiefs to cast absentee ballots for Newsom.

After casting their ballots, they said, crew chiefs asked them to turn over their voter receipt stubs. One street cleaner said a crew chief peered over her shoulder as she voted.

Mesloh said the district attorney was unaware of any activities involving her campaign that could preclude her from investigating the street cleaners' allegations.

"We do not know of any conflict of interest," she said. "We've opened the investigation and the D.A. feels strongly that if there was any misconduct, we want to find that out quickly and that individuals need to be held accountable. ''

18500. Any person who commits fraud or attempts to commit fraud,
and any person who aids or abets fraud or attempts to aid or abet
fraud, in connection with any vote cast, to be cast, or attempted to
be cast, is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for 16
months or two or three years.



18501. Any public official who knowingly violates any of the
provisions of this chapter, and thereby aids in any way the illegal
casting or attempting to cast a vote, or who connives to nullify any
of the provisions of this chapter in order that fraud may be
perpetrated, shall forever be disqualified from holding office in
this state and upon conviction shall be sentenced to a state prison
for 16 months or two or three years.



18502. Any person who in any manner interferes with the officers
holding an election or conducting a canvass, or with the voters
lawfully exercising their rights of voting at an election, as to
prevent the election or canvass from being fairly held and lawfully
conducted, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16
months or two or three years.

18520. A person shall not directly or through another person give,
offer, or promise any office, place, or employment, or promise to
procure or endeavor to procure any office, place, or employment to or
for any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce
that voter at any election to:
(a) Refrain from voting.
(b) Vote for any particular person.
(c) Refrain from voting for any particular person.
A violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be
punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two
or three years.



18521. A person shall not directly or through any other person
receive, agree, or contract for, before, during or after an election,
any money, gift, loan, or other valuable consideration, office,
place, or employment for himself or any other person because he or
any other person:
(a) Voted, agreed to vote, refrained from voting, or agreed to
refrain from voting for any particular person or measure.
(b) Remained away from the polls.
(c) Refrained or agreed to refrain from voting.
(d) Induced any other person to:
(1) Remain away from the polls.
(2) Refrain from voting.
(3) Vote or refrain from voting for any particular person or
measure.
Any person violating this section is punishable by imprisonment in
the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.




18522. Neither a person nor a controlled committee shall directly
or through any other person or controlled committee pay, lend, or
contribute, or offer or promise to pay, lend, or contribute, any
money or other valuable consideration to or for any voter or to or
for any other person to:
(a) Induce any voter to:
(1) Refrain from voting at any election.
(2) Vote or refrain from voting at an election for any particular
person or measure.
(3) Remain away from the polls at an election.
(b) Reward any voter for having:
(1) Refrained from voting.
(2) Voted for any particular person or measure.
(3) Refrained from voting for any particular person or measure.
(4) Remained away from the polls at an election.
Any person or candidate violating this section is punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.




18523. A person shall not directly or through any other person
advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable
thing to or for the use of any other person, with the intent that it,
or any part thereof, shall be used in bribery at any election, or
knowingly pay or cause to be paid any money or other valuable thing
to any person in discharge or repayment of any money, wholly or in
part, expended in bribery at any election.
Any person violating this section is punishable by imprisonment in
the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.




18524. A person shall not directly or through any other person
advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money or other valuable
thing to or for the use of any other person, with the intent that it,
or any part thereof, will be used for boarding, lodging, or
maintaining a person at any place or domicile in any election
precinct, ward, or district, with intent to secure the vote of that
person or to induce that person to vote for any particular person or
measure.
Any person violating this section is punishable by imprisonment in
the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.

18540. (a) Every person who makes use of or threatens to make use
of any force, violence, or tactic of coercion or intimidation, to
induce or compel any other person to vote or refrain from voting at
any election or to vote or refrain from voting for any particular
person or measure at any election, or because any person voted or
refrained from voting at any election or voted or refrained from
voting for any particular person or measure at any election is guilty
of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 16
months or two or three years.
(b) Every person who hires or arranges for any other person to
make use of or threaten to make use of any force, violence, or tactic
of coercion or intimidation, to induce or compel any other person to
vote or refrain from voting at any election or to vote or refrain
from voting for any particular person or measure at any election, or
because any person voted or refrained from voting at any election or
voted or refrained from voting for any particular person or measure
at any election is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in
the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.



18541. (a) No person shall, with the intent of dissuading another
person from voting, within 100 feet of a polling place:
(1) Solicit a vote or speak to a voter on the subject of marking
his or her ballot.
(2) Place a sign relating to voters' qualifications or speak to a
voter on the subject of his or her qualifications except as provided
in Section 14240.
(3) Photograph, videotape, or otherwise record a voter entering or
exiting a polling place.
(b) Any person who violates this section is punishable by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 12 months, or in
the state prison. Any person who conspires to violate this section
is guilty of a felony.
(c) For purposes of this section, 100 feet means a distance of 100
feet from the room or rooms in which voters are signing the roster
and casting ballots.



18542. Every employer, whether a corporation or natural person, or
any other person who employs, is guilty of a misdemeanor if, in
paying his or her employees the salary or wages due them, encloses
their pay in pay envelopes upon which or in which there is written or
printed the name of any candidate or any political mottoes, devices,
or arguments containing threats, express or implied, intended or
calculated to influence the political opinions or actions of the
employees.


18543. (a) Every person who knowingly challenges a person's right
to vote without probable cause or on fraudulent or spurious grounds,
or who engages in mass, indiscriminate, and groundless challenging of
voters solely for the purpose of preventing voters from voting or to
delay the process of voting, or who fraudulently advises any person
that he or she is not eligible to vote or is not registered to vote
when in fact that person is eligible or is registered, or who
violates Section 14240, is punishable by imprisonment in the county
jail for not more than 12 months or in the state prison.
(b) Every person who conspires to violate subdivision (a) is
guilty of a felony.



18544. (a) Any person in possession of a firearm or any uniformed
peace officer, private guard, or security personnel or any person who
is wearing a uniform of a peace officer, guard, or security
personnel, who is stationed in the immediate vicinity of, or posted
at, a polling place without written authorization of the appropriate
city or county elections official is punishable by a fine not
exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in the
state prison for 16 months or two or three years or in a county jail
not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) This section shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) An unarmed uniformed guard or security personnel who is at the
polling place to cast his or her vote.
(2) A peace officer who is conducting official business in the
course of his or her public employment or who is at the polling place
to cast his or her vote.
(3) A private guard or security personnel hired or arranged for by
a city or county elections official.
(4) A private guard or security personnel hired or arranged for by
the owner or manager of the facility or property in which the
polling place is located if the guard or security personnel is not
hired or arranged solely for the day on which an election is held.




18545. Any person who hires or arranges for any other person in
possession of a firearm or any uniformed peace officer, private
guard, or security personnel or any person who is wearing a uniform
of a peace officer, guard, or security personnel, to be stationed in
the immediate vicinity of, or posted at, a polling place without
written authorization of the appropriate elections official is
punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by
imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years
or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and
imprisonment. This section shall not apply to the owner or manager
of the facility or property in which the polling place is located if
the private guard or security personnel is not hired or arranged
solely for the day on which the election is held.



18546. As used in this article:
(a) "Elections official" means the county elections official,
registrar of voters, or city clerk.
(b) "Immediate vicinity" means the area within a distance of 100
feet from the room or rooms in which the voters are signing the
roster and casting ballots.

18560. Every person is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment
in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years, or in
county jail not exceeding one year, who:
(a) Not being entitled to vote at an election, fraudulently votes
or fraudulently attempts to vote at that election.
(b) Being entitled to vote at an election, votes more than once,
attempts to vote more than once, or knowingly hands in two or more
ballots folded together at that election.
(c) Impersonates or attempts to impersonate a voter at an
election.


18561. Every person is punishable by imprisonment in the state
prison for 16 months or two or three years who:
(a) Procures, assists, counsels, or advises another to give or
offer his vote at any election, knowing that the person is not
qualified to vote.
(b) Aids or abets in the commission of any of the offenses
mentioned in Section 18560.



18562. Every member of a precinct board is guilty of a misdemeanor
who, prior to putting the ballot of a voter in the ballot box,
commits any of the following:
(a) Attempts to find out any name on the ballot.
(b) Opens or suffers to be opened or examined the folded ballot of
any voter which has been handed in.
(c) Makes or places any mark or device on any folded ballot with a
view to ascertaining the name of any person for whom the voter has
voted.


18563. Every member of a precinct board is guilty of a misdemeanor
who, without the consent of a voter, discloses the name of any
candidate the board member has discovered in his capacity as a member
of the board to have been voted for by the voter.




18564. Any person is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment
in a state prison for two, three, or four years who, before or
during an election:
(a) Tampers with, interferes with, or attempts to interfere with,
the correct operation of, or willfully damages in order to prevent
the use of, any voting machine, voting device, voting system, vote
tabulating device, or ballot tally software program source codes.
(b) Interferes or attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting
or ballot tally software program source codes.
(c) Knowingly, and without authorization, makes or has in his or
her possession a key to a voting machine that has been adopted and
will be used in elections in this state.
(d) Willfully substitutes or attempts to substitute forged or
counterfeit ballot tally software program source codes.



18565. Any person who aids or abets in the commission of any of the
offenses described in Section 18564 is punishable by imprisonment in
the county jail for a period of six months or in the state prison
for 16 months or two or three years.



18566. Every person is punishable by imprisonment in the state
prison for two, three, or four years who:
(a) Forges or counterfeits returns of an election purported to
have been held at a precinct where no election was in fact held.
(b) Willfully substitutes forged or counterfeit returns of
election in the place of true returns for a precinct where an
election was actually held.


18567. Every person who willfully adds to or subtracts from the
votes actually cast at an election, in any official or unofficial
returns, or who alters the returns, is punishable by imprisonment in
the state prison for 16 months or two or three years.




18568. Every person is punishable by a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the state prison for
16 months or two or three years, or by both the fine and
imprisonment, who:
(a) Aids in changing or destroying any poll list or official
ballot.
(b) Aids in wrongfully placing any ballots in the ballot container
or in taking any therefrom.
(c) Adds or attempts to add any ballots to those legally polled at
any election by fraudulently putting them into the ballot container,
either before or after the ballots therein have been counted.
(d) Adds to or mixes with, or attempts to add to or mix with, the
ballots polled, any other ballots, while they are being counted or
canvassed or at any other time, with intent to change the result of
the election, or allows another to do so, when in his or her power to
prevent it.
(e) Carries away or destroys, attempts to carry away or destroy,
or knowingly allows another to carry away or destroy, any poll list,
ballot container, or ballots lawfully polled or who willfully
detains, mutilates, or destroys any election returns.
(f) Removes any unvoted ballots from the polling place before the
completion of the ballot count.



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.




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.


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.




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.


18573. Every person is guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the state prison 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.



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.




18575. Every person is guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall
be punished by imprisonment in the state prison 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.



18576. Any person who willfully (a) interferes with the prompt
delivery of a completed absent voter ballot application, (b) retains
a completed absent voter ballot application, without the voter's
authorization, for more than three days excluding weekends and state
holidays, or by the deadline for return of absent voters' ballot
applications, whichever is earlier, or (c) denies an applicant the
right to return his or her own completed absent voter ballot
application to the local elections official having jurisdiction over
the election, is guilty of a misdemeanor.



18577. Any person having charge of a completed absent voter 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.



18578. Any person who applies for, or who votes or attempts to
vote, an absent voter's 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 in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years,
or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by both
the fine and imprisonment.

ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 2220-2226





2220. (a) The county elections official shall conduct a preelection
residency confirmation procedure as provided in this article. This
procedure shall be completed by the 90th day immediately prior to the
primary election. The procedure shall be initiated by mailing a
nonforwardable postcard to each registered voter of the county
preceding the direct primary election. Postcards mailed pursuant to
this article shall be sent "Address Correction Requested, Return
Postage Guaranteed," and shall be in substantially the following
form:

"We are requesting your assistance in correcting the addresses of
voters who have moved and have not reregistered.
"1. If you still live at the address noted on this postcard, your
voter registration will remain in effect and you may disregard this
notice.
"2. If the person named on this postcard is not at this address,
please return this postcard to your mail carrier."

(b) The county elections official, at his or her discretion, shall
not be required to mail a residency confirmation postcard pursuant
to subdivision (a), to any voter who has voted at an election held
within the last six months preceding the start of the confirmation
procedure.

CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ELECTIONS CODE DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY
PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ..................................... 1-17
CHAPTER 2. PETITIONS AND PETITION SIGNERS ........................ 100-106
CHAPTER 3. NOMINATIONS ........................................... 200-201
CHAPTER 4. DEFINITIONS ........................................... 300-362
DIVISION 1. ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES
CHAPTER 1. ELECTION DATES ...................................... 1000-1003
CHAPTER 2. ELECTION DAY ........................................... 1100
CHAPTER 3. STATEWIDE ELECTIONS ................................. 1200-1202
CHAPTER 4. LOCAL ELECTIONS ..................................... 1300-1304
CHAPTER 5. SPECIAL ELECTIONS ................................... 1400-1415
CHAPTER 6. MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS .................................. 1500
DIVISION 2. VOTERS
CHAPTER 1. VOTER QUALIFICATIONS
Article 1. General Provisions .................................... 2000
Article 2. Determination of Residence and Domicile ............ 2020-2035
Article 3. Visually Impaired Voters ........................... 2050-2053
CHAPTER 2. REGISTRATION
Article 1. General Provisions ................................. 2100-2124
Article 2. Reimbursable Voter Outreach Costs .................. 2130-2131
Article 3. Registration Procedures ............................ 2135-2143
Article 3.5. Student Voter Registration ....................... 2145-2146
Article 4. Forms .............................................. 2150-2168
Article 5. Voter Registration Index ........................... 2180-2196
CHAPTER 3. CANCELLATION AND VOTER FILE MAINTENANCE
Article 1. General Provisions ................................. 2200-2213
Article 2. Residency Confirmation Procedures .................. 2220-2226
Article 3. Reimbursable File Maintenance ...................... 2240-2241
CHAPTER 4. MOTOR VOTER
CHAPTER 5. VOTER BILL OF RIGHTS ................................... 2300
DIVISION 3. ABSENTEE VOTING, NEW RESIDENT, AND NEW CITIZEN
VOTING
CHAPTER 1. ABSENTEE APPLICATION AND VOTING PROCEDURES .......... 3000-3024
CHAPTER 2. SPECIAL ABSENTEE APPLICATION AND VOTING PROCEDURES .. 3100-3112
CHAPTER 3. PERMANENT ABSENTEE APPLICATION AND VOTING PROCEDURES 3200-3206
CHAPTER 4. FEDERAL ABSENTEE APPLICATION AND VOTING PROCEDURES .. 3300-3311
CHAPTER 5. NEW RESIDENTS APPLICATION AND VOTING PROCEDURES ..... 3400-3408
CHAPTER 6. NEW CITIZENS APPLICATION AND VOTING PROCEDURES ...... 3500-3503
DIVISION 4. MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 1. CONDITIONS FOR MAIL BALLOT ELECTION ................. 4000-4004
CHAPTER 2. CONDUCT OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTIONS .................... 4100-4108
DIVISION 5. POLITICAL PARTY QUALIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 1. NEW PARTY QUALIFICATIONS ............................ 5000-5006
CHAPTER 2. PARTIES QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRIMARY
ELECTION ............................................ 5100-5102
CHAPTER 3. DISQUALIFICATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES .................. 5200
DIVISION 6. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PART 1. PARTISAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
CHAPTER 1. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Article 1. General Provisions ................................ 6000-6005
Article 2. Number and Certification of Delegates and
Alternates ........................................ 6020-6024
Article 3. Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State 6040-6043
Article 4. Qualification of Candidates and Uncommitted
Delegations ....................................... 6060-6061
Article 5. Steering Committees ............................... 6080-6087
Article 6. Nomination Papers ................................. 6100-6108
Article 7. Circulators ....................................... 6122-6123
Article 8. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers .. 6140-6146
Article 9. Notification of Qualification from Secretary of State 6160
Article 10. Certified List of Candidates and Uncommitted
Delegations, Notice of Election ..................... 6180
Article 11. Selection of Delegates and Alternates ............ 6200-6201
Article 12. Canvass of Returns and Certificate of Selection .. 6220-6222
Article 13. Write-in Candidates .............................. 6240-6241
CHAPTER 2. REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Article 1. General Provisions ................................... 6300
Article 2. Number and Certification of Delegates ............. 6320-6323
Article 3. Selection of Candidates by the Secretary of State 6340-6343
Article 4. Nomination Papers ................................. 6360-6365
Article 5. Circulators ....................................... 6382-6383
Article 6. Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers .. 6400-6406
Article 7. Canvass of Returns. Certificate of Election ...... 6420-6422
Article 8. Write-in Candidates ............................... 6440-6443
Article 9. Selection of Delegates ............................ 6460-6461
Article 10. Republican Presidential Primary Ballot .............. 6480
CHAPTER 3. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Article 1. General Provisions ................................ 6500-6502
Article 2. Qualification of Candidates for Presidential
Preference Portion of Primary Ballot .............. 6520-6524
Article 3. Determination of Number of Delegates to National
Convention ........................................ 6540-6543
Article 4. Qualification of Groups of Candidates for Delegate
Selection Portion of Primary Ballot ............... 6560-6568
Article 5. Preparation, Circulation, and Filing of Nomination
Papers ............................................ 6580-6599
Article 6. American Independent Presidential Primary Ballot .. 6620-6621
Article 7. Postelection Proceedings .......................... 6640-6647
CHAPTER 4. PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Article 1. General Provisions ................................ 6700-6702
Article 2. Qualification of Candidates for Presidential
Preference Portion of Primary Ballot .............. 6720-6726
Article 3. Determination of Number to National Convention .... 6740-6745
Article 4. Qualification of Group of Candidates for National
Convention Delegate Portion of Primary Ballot ..... 6760-6769
Article 5. Preparation, Circulation and Filing of Nominating
Papers ............................................ 6780-6798
Article 6. Peace and Freedom Party Presidential Primary Ballot 6820-6822
Article 7. Certification of National Convention Delegates
Elected and Postelection Proceedings .............. 6840-6849
PART 2. ELECTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................. 6900-6909
CHAPTER 2. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE ................... 6950-6954
DIVISION 7. POLITICAL PARTY ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL COMMITTEE
ELECTIONS
PART 1. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
CHAPTER 1. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS OF MEMBERSHIP OF STATE AND
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEES
PART 2. DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................... 7050
CHAPTER 2. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ................................. 7100
CHAPTER 3. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7150-7171
Article 2. Meetings ............................................. 7180
Article 3. Proxies ........................................... 7185-7188
Article 4. General Business .................................. 7190-7198
CHAPTER 4. COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7200-7216
Article 2. Elections ......................................... 7225-7229
Article 3. Meetings .......................................... 7235-7236
Article 4. General Business .................................. 7240-7244
PART 3. REPUBLICAN PARTY
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................... 7250
CHAPTER 2. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS .............................. 7300-7310
CHAPTER 3. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7350-7366
Article 2. Proxies ........................................... 7375-7379
Article 3. General Business .................................. 7380-7389
CHAPTER 4. COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7400-7414
Article 2. Election .......................................... 7420-7424
Article 3. Meetings .......................................... 7430-7431
Article 4. General Business .................................. 7440-7444
Article 5. District Committees ............................... 7460-7470
PART 4. AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................... 7500
CHAPTER 2. STATE CONVENTION
Article 1. Delegates ......................................... 7550-7561
Article 2. Meetings ............................................. 7570
Article 3. General Business .................................. 7575-7580
CHAPTER 3. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7600-7614
Article 2. Meetings ............................................. 7620
Article 3. Proxies .............................................. 7628
Article 4. General Business .................................. 7635-7645
CHAPTER 4. COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7650-7661
Article 2. Election .......................................... 7670-7674
Article 3. Meetings .......................................... 7680-7683
Article 4. General Business .................................. 7690-7695
PART 5. PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................... 7700
CHAPTER 2. MEMBERS OF CENTRAL COMMITTEES
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7750-7755
Article 2. Election .......................................... 7770-7783
CHAPTER 3. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7800-7805
Article 2. Meetings ............................................. 7820
Article 3. General Business .................................. 7830-7843
CHAPTER 4. COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Article 1. Members ........................................... 7850-7857
Article 2. Meetings .......................................... 7870-7871
Article 3. General ........................................... 7880-7884
DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS
PART 1. PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS
CHAPTER 1. DIRECT PRIMARY
Article 1. General Provisions ................................ 8000-8003
Article 2. Nomination Documents .............................. 8020-8028
Article 3. Form of Nomination Documents ...................... 8040-8041
Article 4. Circulation and Signatures--Nomination Documents .. 8060-8070
Article 5. Verification of Nomination Signatures ............. 8080-8084
Article 6. Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees ........ 8100-8107
Article 7. Certified List of Candidates ...................... 8120-8125
Article 8. Nominated Candidates .............................. 8140-8150
CHAPTER 2. JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Article 1. Distinguishing Number on Ballot ................... 8200-8204
Article 2. Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of
Article VI of the California Constitution ......... 8220-8228
PART 2. INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................. 8300-8304
CHAPTER 3. NOMINATION PAPERS .................................. 8400-8409
CHAPTER 4. CIRCULATORS ........................................ 8451-8454
CHAPTER 5. ARRANGEMENT AND EXAMINATION OF NOMINATION PAPERS ... 8500-8504
CHAPTER 6. AFFIDAVIT OF CANDIDATE ................................ 8550
PART 3. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL ............................................ 8600-8605
CHAPTER 2. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS .............................. 8650-8653
CHAPTER 3. TERM LIMITS ........................................... 8700
PART 4. WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES: VACANCIES ................... 8800-8811
DIVISION 9. MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS
CHAPTER 1. STATE ELECTIONS
Article 1. Initiative and Referendum Petitions ................ 9000-9015
Article 2. Petition Signatures ................................ 9020-9022
Article 3. Filing Petitions ................................... 9030-9035
Article 4. Measures Proposed by the Legislature ............... 9040-9044
Article 5. Ballot Titles ...................................... 9050-9053
Article 6. Arguments Concerning Measures Submitted to Voters .. 9060-9069
Article 7. Ballot Pamphlet .................................... 9080-9096
CHAPTER 2. COUNTY ELECTIONS
Article 1. Initiative ......................................... 9100-9126
Article 2. Referendum ......................................... 9140-9147
Article 3. Arguments Concerning County Measures ............... 9160-9168
Article 4. Mailings .............................................. 9180
Article 5. Public Examinations ................................... 9190
CHAPTER 3. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
Article 1. Initiative ......................................... 9200-9226
Article 2. Referendum ......................................... 9235-9247
Article 3. City or City and County Charters ................... 9255-9269
Article 4. Arguments Concerning City Measures ................. 9280-9287
Article 5. Mailings .............................................. 9290
Article 6. Public Examination .................................... 9295
CHAPTER 4. DISTRICT ELECTIONS
Article 1. Initiative ......................................... 9300-9323
Article 2. Referendum ......................................... 9340-9342
Article 3. Mailings .............................................. 9360
Article 4. Public Examination .................................... 9380
CHAPTER 5. BOND ISSUES ......................................... 9400-9405
CHAPTER 6. SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS ........................... 9500-9509
CHAPTER 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS .................................. 9600-9610
DIVISION 10. LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED
ELECTIONS
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. VOTERS AND PROCEDURE ............................. 10000-10004
PART 2. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................... 10100-10104
CHAPTER 2. REGULATIONS GOVERNING ELECTIONS IN CITIES
Article 1. General Provisions .............................. 10200-10202
Article 1.2. The Congressional Term Limits Act ........ 10204.1-10204.11
Article 2. Nomination of Candidates ........................ 10220-10230
Article 3. Conduct of Elections ............................ 10240-10243
Article 4. Canvass of Ballots and Returns .................. 10260-10266
CHAPTER 3. EMERGENCY ELECTIONS IN CITIES .................... 10300-10312
PART 3. CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS ........................... 10400-10418
PART 4. UNIFORM DISTRICT ELECTION LAW ........................ 10500-10556
PART 5. SCHOOL DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
GOVERNING BOARD ELECTIONS ............................ 10600-10604
PART 6. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES
CHAPTER 1. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR LEGISLATIVE AND
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES AT SPECIAL ELECTIONS ....... 10700-10707
CHAPTER 2. VACANCY IN SENATE ..................................... 10720
CHAPTER 3. VACANCIES IN CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES CAUSED BY
CATASTROPHE ...................................... 10730-10734
DIVISION 11. RECALL ELECTIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROCEDURES: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND
INITIAL STEPS IN THE RECALL
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 11000-11007
Article 2. The Notice of Intention, Statement, and Answer ... 11020-11024
Article 3. Recall Petition .................................. 11040-11047
CHAPTER 2. RECALL OF STATE OFFICERS: INTERMEDIATE STEPS IN
THE RECALL ........................................ 11100-11110
CHAPTER 3. RECALL OF LOCAL OFFICERS: INTERMEDIATE STEPS IN
THE RECALL
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 11200-11201
Article 2. Recall Petitions ................................. 11220-11227
Article 3. The Recall Election .............................. 11240-11242
CHAPTER 4. GENERAL PROCEDURES: FINAL STEPS IN THE RECALL
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 11300-11303
Article 2. Ballots .......................................... 11320-11327
Article 3. Elections in General ............................. 11328-11329
Article 4. Recall Elections ................................. 11381-11386
DIVISION 12. PREELECTION PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 1. PROCLAMATIONS AND ELECTION ORDERS ................. 12000-12001
CHAPTER 2. PREELECTION NOTICES ............................... 12101-12113
CHAPTER 3. PRECINCTS
Article 1. General Provisions .................................... 12200
Article 2. Precinct Formation ............................... 12220-12225
Article 3. Precinct Consolidations ............................... 12241
Article 4. Precinct Boundary Changes ........................ 12260-12262
Article 5. Polling Places ................................... 12280-12288
CHAPTER 4. PRECINCT BOARDS
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 12300-12327
DIVISION 13. BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS
CHAPTER 1. PURCHASING PROCEDURES ............................. 13000-13007
CHAPTER 2. FORMS OF BALLOTS: BALLOT ORDER ................... 13100-13121
CHAPTER 3. BALLOT PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 13200-13220
Article 2. Allowable Changes in Ballot Format and Printing .. 13230-13233
Article 3. Vote Tabulating Devices .......................... 13240-13247
Article 4. Punchcards ....................................... 13260-13267
Article 5. Voting Machines .................................. 13280-13289
CHAPTER 4. SAMPLE BALLOTS AND VOTER PAMPHLETS ................ 13300-13317
DIVISION 14. ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 1. PRIVILEGES OF VOTERS .............................. 14000-14003
CHAPTER 1.5. RIGHTS OF VOTERS ................................ 14025-14032
CHAPTER 2. PRECINCT SUPPLIES ................................. 14100-14113
CHAPTER 3. PROCEDURES AT POLLS
Article 1. Election Day Posting Requirements ................ 14200-14203
Article 2. Election Day Procedures .......................... 14210-14227
Article 3. Challenging a Voter .............................. 14240-14253
Article 4. Issuing Ballots and Voting ....................... 14270-14299
Article 5. Provisional Voting ............................... 14310-14312
CHAPTER 4. CLOSING OF THE POLLS
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 14400-14405
Article 2. Elections Using Voting Systems ................... 14420-14421
Article 3. Return of Supplies to the Clerk .................. 14430-14435
Article 4. Snap Tallies ..................................... 14440-14443
DIVISION 15. SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS,
RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 1. PREPARATION FOR CANVASS ........................... 15000-15004
CHAPTER 2. ABSENTEE BALLOT PROCESSING ........................ 15100-15112
CHAPTER 3. SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 15150-15154
Article 2. Automated Count in a Central Location ............ 15200-15213
Article 3. Automated Vote Count in Precincts ................ 15250-15251
Article 4. Establishing Election Return Centers and Multiple
Counting Centers ................................. 15260-15261
Article 5. Manual Vote Count in the Precinct ................ 15270-15281
Article 6. Manual Vote Count in a Central Place .................. 15290
CHAPTER 4. OFFICIAL CANVASS
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 15300-15304
Article 2. Processing Absentee Ballots and Mail Ballot
Precinct Ballots ...................................... 15320
Article 3. Processing Write-In Votes ........................ 15340-15342
Article 4. Processing and Counting Provisional Ballots ........... 15350
Article 5. One Percent Manual Tally .............................. 15360
Article 6. Ballot Security and Reporting of Results ......... 15370-15376
CHAPTER 5. ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS ........................... 15400-15402
CHAPTER 6. DETERMINATION OF ELECTED OR NOMINATED CANDIDATES
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 15450-15452
Article 2. Democratic Central Committee Conditions for
Election of Candidate ................................. 15460
Article 3. Republican Central Committee Conditions for
Election of Candidate ................................. 15470
Article 4. American Independent Central Committee Conditions
for Election of Candidate ............................. 15480
Article 5. Peace and Freedom Central Committee Conditions for
Election of Candidate ................................. 15490
CHAPTER 7. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE .................. 15500-15505
CHAPTER 8. DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS AND SUPPLIES BY THE
ELECTIONS OFFICIAL ................................ 15550-15551
CHAPTER 9. RECOUNT
Article 1. General Provisions .................................... 15600
Article 2. Elections Official-Ordered Recounts ................... 15610
Article 3. Voter-Requested Recounts ......................... 15620-15634
Article 4. Court-Ordered Recounts ........................... 15640-15642
CHAPTER 10. TIE VOTES
Article 1. Elections Other than Primary Elections ........... 15650-15654
Article 2. At Primary Elections ............................. 15670-15673
CHAPTER 11. EXTENSION OF DEADLINES ........................... 15700-15702
DIVISION 16. ELECTIONS CONTESTS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................ 16000-16003
CHAPTER 2. GROUNDS FOR CONTEST ............................... 16100-16101
CHAPTER 3. CONTESTS AT GENERAL ELECTIONS ..................... 16200-16204
CHAPTER 4. CONTESTS AT PRIMARY ELECTIONS .......................... 16300
CHAPTER 5. FORM OF CONTEST STATEMENT
Article 1. General Elections ................................ 16400-16404
Article 2. Primary Elections ................................ 16420-16421
Article 3. Contests Other than Recount ...................... 16440-16444
Article 4. Contests Involving a Recount ..................... 16460-16467
CHAPTER 6. ELECTIONS OFFICIAL'S DUTIES
Article 1. Contest Procedures at General Elections .......... 16500-16503
Article 2. Contest Procedures at Primary Elections:
Contests Other than Recount ...................... 16520-16521
Article 3. Contest Procedures at Primary Elections:
Involving a Recount ................................... 16540
CHAPTER 7. COURT'S DUTIES
Article 1. General Elections ................................ 16600-16603
Article 2. Primary Elections: Contests Other than Recount ....... 16620
Article 3. Primary Elections: Contests Involving a Recount 16640-16643
CHAPTER 8. COURT'S DECISIONS, JUDGMENT, AND DETERMINATIONS
Article 1. General Elections ................................ 16700-16703
Article 2. Primary Elections: Other than Recount ................ 16720
Article 3. Primary Elections: Involving a Recount .......... 16740-16742
CHAPTER 9. COSTS ............................................. 16800-16803
CHAPTER 10. APPEALS
Article 1. General Elections ..................................... 16900
Article 2. Primary Elections: Other than a Recount .............. 16920
Article 3. Primary Elections: Involving a Recount ............... 16940
DIVISION 17. RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS
CHAPTER 1. AFFIDAVITS OF REGISTRATION AND VOTER REGISTRATION
INDEXES ........................................... 17000-17001
CHAPTER 2. NOMINATION DOCUMENTS ................................... 17100
CHAPTER 3. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM PETITIONS .................... 17200
CHAPTER 4. PRECINCT SUPPLIES AND BALLOTS ..................... 17300-17306
CHAPTER 5. RECALL PETITIONS ....................................... 17400
CHAPTER 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS .......................... 17501-17506
DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................ 18000-18002
CHAPTER 2. VOTER REGISTRATION ................................ 18100-18110
CHAPTER 3. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES .......................... 18200-18205
CHAPTER 4. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
Article 1. Campaign Literature .............................. 18301-18304
Article 2. Political Party Caucuses ......................... 18310-18311
Article 3. Deceptive Online Activities ...................... 18320-18323
Article 4. Political Meetings .................................... 18340
Article 5. Misrepresentation by Candidates .................. 18350-18351
Article 6. Solicitation of Funds ............................ 18360-18361
Article 7. Electioneering ................................... 18370-18371
Article 8. Vandalism at Polling Places ........................... 18380
Article 9. Misuse of State Publications .......................... 18390
CHAPTER 5. BALLOTS ........................................... 18400-18403
CHAPTER 6. CORRUPTION OF THE VOTING PROCESS
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 18500-18502
Article 2. Corruption of Voters ............................. 18520-18524
Article 3. Intimidation of Voters ........................... 18540-18546
Article 4. Corruption of Voting ............................. 18560-18578
CHAPTER 7. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM, AND RECALL
Article 1. Improper Signature-Gathering Tactics ............. 18600-18603
Article 2. False or Ineligible Signatures on Petition ....... 18610-18614
Article 3. Improper Payments to Prevent Petition Circulation
and Filing ....................................... 18620-18622
Article 4. Threats and Theft to Prevent Petition Circulation
and Filing ....................................... 18630-18631
Article 5. Refusal of Circulators to Turn in Petitions ........... 18640
Article 6. Misuse of Signatures on Petition ...................... 18650
Article 7. False Affidavits Concerning Petitions ............ 18660-18661
Article 8. Filing Petitions to Defeat an Initiative or
Referendum ....................................... 18670-18671
Article 9. Misuse of Campaign Funds .............................. 18680
CHAPTER 8. OBLIGATIONS OF PRECINCT BOARD .......................... 18700
DIVISION 19. APPROVAL OF VOTING SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................ 19001-19005
CHAPTER 2. SECRETARY OF STATE REQUIREMENTS ................... 19100-19103
CHAPTER 3. APPROVAL OF VOTING SYSTEMS
Article 1. Procedures for Approval of Voting Systems ........ 19200-19213
Article 2. Inspection of Approved Voting Systems ............ 19220-19222
Article 2.5. Accessible Voting Systems .................... 19225-19229.5
Article 3. Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002
(Shelley-Hertzberg Act) .......................... 19230-19245
CHAPTER 4. ELECTIONS USING VOTING MACHINES
Article 1. General Provisions ............................... 19300-19304
Article 2. Pre-election Procedures .......................... 19320-19323
Article 3. Precincts and Board Members ...................... 19340-19341
Article 4. Procedures at the Polls .......................... 19360-19363
Article 5. Closing the Polls ................................ 19370-19371
Article 6. Counting Procedures .............................. 19380-19386
DIVISION 20. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
CHAPTER 1. ENDORSEMENTS OF CANDIDATES ........................ 20000-20010
CHAPTER 2. POLITICAL CORPORATIONS
Article 1. Incorporation ......................................... 20100
CHAPTER 3. CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Article 1. Solicitation ..................................... 20200-20203
CHAPTER 4. LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF SURPLUS CAMPAIGN FUNDS ....... 20301
CHAPTER 5. FAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES
Article 1. General Intent ........................................ 20400
Article 2. Definitions ........................................... 20420
Article 3. Code of Fair Campaign Practices .................. 20440-20444
CHAPTER 6. LIBEL AND SLANDER ................................. 20500-20502
DIVISION 21. STATE AND LOCAL REAPPORTIONMENT
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS ................................ 21000-21002
CHAPTER 2. SENATE DISTRICTS .................................. 21100-21140
CHAPTER 3. ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS ................................ 21200-21280
CHAPTER 4. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION DISTRICTS ................... 21300-21304
CHAPTER 5. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ........................... 21400-21453
CHAPTER 6. SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS ........................... 21500-21506
CHAPTER 7. CITY ELECTIONS
Article 1. General Law Cities ............................... 21600-21606
Article 2. Chartered Cities ............................... 21620-21620.1
CHAPTER 8. SPECIAL DISTRICTS ...................................... 22000