California Elections Code

§ 18564.5

ELEC § 18564.5 Effective May 27, 2026Div. 18 · Ch. 6 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The Secretary of State, Attorney General, and any local elections official in the county in which the act occurs, may bring a civil action against an individual, business, or other legal entity that commits any of the following acts before, during, or after an election:

(1)Tampers, interferes, 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.

(2)Interferes or attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting or interferes or attempts to interfere with ballot tally software program source codes.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 10, Sec. 8. (SB 73) Effective May 27, 2026.