California Elections Code

§ 3016.5

ELEC § 3016.5 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 3 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)A voter may vote their vote by mail ballot, without the identification envelope, in person at the office of the county elections official, a satellite location, the polling place designated for the voter’s home precinct, or a vote center established pursuant to Section 4005, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1)The county elections official or their staff, including any staff managing a satellite location, a precinct board, or a vote center election board, as applicable, has real-time access to the county elections official’s election management system, and does both of the following:

(A)Verifies that the voter has not returned a vote by mail ballot for that election.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 296, Sec. 3. (AB 1249) Effective January 1, 2026.