California Elections Code 300 – (a) “Vote by mail voter” means any voter casting a ballot in any …
(a) “Vote by mail voter” means any voter casting a ballot in any way other than at the polling place.
(b) “Military or overseas voter” means an elector absent from the county in which he or she is otherwise eligible to vote who is any of the following:
Terms Used In California Elections Code 300
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Elector: means a person who is a United States citizen 18 years of age or older and, except as specified in subdivision (b), is a resident of an election precinct in this state on or before the day of an election. See California Elections Code 321
- Polling place: means a location where a voter casts a ballot and includes the following terms, as applicable: poll, polling location, and vote center. See California Elections Code 338.5
- Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Elections Code 356.5
- Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
(1) A member of the active or reserve components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; a Merchant Marine; a member of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps of the United States; or a member on activated status of the National Guard or state militia.
(2) A citizen of the United States living outside of the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia.
(3) A spouse or dependent of a person described in paragraph (1).
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 744, Sec. 1. (AB 1805) Effective January 1, 2013.)