Election laws in California
From Ballotpedia
The following are laws that govern elections in the State of California.
Third Party Registration Groups
California Elections Code Section 2158(b) states:
“The county elections official must provide voter registration cards in sufficient quantities to any citizens or organizations who wish to distribute the cards other than to persons who have been convicted of violating this section within the last five years. Citizens and organizations shall be permitted to distribute voter registration cards anywhere within the county.
(1) If, after completing his or her voter registration affidavit, an elector entrusts it to another person, the latter shall sign and date the attached, numbered receipt indicating his or her address and telephone number, if any, and give the receipt to the elector. Failure to comply with this paragraph shall not cause the invalidation of the registration of a voter.
(2) Any citizen or organization that distributes voter registration cards shall give a voter registration card to any elector requesting it, provided that the citizen or organization has a sufficient number of cards.
(3) If distribution of voter registration cards pursuant to this subdivision is undertaken by mailing cards to persons who have not requested the cards, the person mailing the cards shall enclose a cover letter or other notice with each card instructing the recipients to disregard the cards if they are currently registered voters[1].
Compensating workers
When in the issue of compensating voter registration driver workers, California Elections laws state:
Elections Code § 2159.5 requires any person, company, or organization that is paying people to assist others in registering to vote to make sure that the people they have hired for this purpose properly complete Box 12 of the voter registration form. This means that any such person, company, or organization has to do the following:
- Maintain a list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all individuals that the person, company, or organization has agreed to compensate for assisting others to register to vote.
- Provide each individual who is being compensated for assisting others to register to vote with a written statement of that individual’s personal responsibilities and liabilities under Elections Code §§ 2138, 2139, 2150, 2158, 2159, 18100, 18101, 18103, 18106, 18108, and 18108.5, and receive from the individual, and maintain for at least three years, a written acknowledgment that the individual received the written statement.
- Not pay any individual who does not comply with the requirements of Elections Code § 2159, which states that “any person who, in exchange for money or other valuable consideration, assists another to register to vote by receiving the completed affidavit of registration from the elector, shall sign in his or her handwriting and affix directly on the affidavit of registration his or her full name, telephone number, and address, and the name and telephone number of the person, company, or organization, if any, that agrees to pay money or other valuable consideration for the completed affidavit of registration.”
- When submitting the affidavits to the elections official, identify and separate the affidavits into groups, with a signed acknowledgment attached to each group indicating that either (a) the group is in compliance with Elections Code §§ 2150 and 2159, or (b) the group is not in compliance with Elections Code §§ 2150, 2159, or both[2].
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