California Elections Code

§ 2208

ELEC § 2208 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A person is presumed competent to vote regardless of the person’s conservatorship status. A person shall be deemed mentally incompetent, and therefore disqualified from voting, if, during the course of any of the proceedings set forth below, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the person cannot communicate, with or without reasonable accommodations, a desire to participate in the voting process, and any of the following apply:

(1)A conservator for the person or the person and estate is appointed pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of the Probate Code.

(2)A conservator for the person or the person and estate is appointed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5350) of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 69. (AB 1170) Effective January 1, 2026.