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California Elections Code

§ 2154

ELEC § 2154 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

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In the event that the county elections official receives an affidavit of registration, executed under penalty of perjury, that does not include portions of the information for which space is provided, the county elections official shall apply the following rebuttable presumptions:
(a)If no middle name or initial is shown, it shall be presumed that none exists.
(b)If no party preference is shown, it shall be presumed that the affiant has declined to disclose a party preference. The county elections official shall designate the affiant’s party preference as “Unknown” on a roster under Article 5 (commencing with Section 2183) and the affiant shall otherwise be treated as a “No Party Preference” voter.
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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 10. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.

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