California Elections Code

§ 2102

ELEC § 2102 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in Chapter 4.5, a person shall not be registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration. The affidavit of registration shall be mailed or delivered to the county elections official and shall set forth all of the facts required to be shown by this chapter. A properly executed affidavit of registration shall be deemed effective upon receipt of the affidavit by the county elections official if received on or before the 15th day before an election to be held in the registrant’s precinct. A properly executed affidavit of registration shall also be deemed effective upon receipt of the affidavit by the county elections official if any of the following apply:

(1)The affidavit is postmarked on or before the 15th day before the election and received by mail by the county elections official.

(2)The affidavit is submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles or accepted by any other public agency designated as a voter registration agency pursuant to the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.) on or before the 15th day before the election.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 364, and Stats. 2014, Ch. 909, Sec. 6.5) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 736, Sec. 3.5. (SB 589) Effective January 1, 2016. Amendment by Stats. 2009, Ch. 364, with text revised by this amendment, became operative on September 26, 2016, when the Secretary of State issued the certification prescribed by Sec. 7 of Ch. 364.