California Elections Code 3121 – (a) As soon as practicable before an election, each elections …
(a) As soon as practicable before an election, each elections official shall publish on his or her Internet Web site a list of all of the ballot measures and federal, state, and local offices that, as of that date, the elections official expects to be on the ballot on the date of the election. The list shall also contain specific instructions for how a voter is to indicate on a federal write-in absentee ballot the voter’s choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot measure to be contested.
(b) A military or overseas voter may request a copy of the list described in subdivision (a). The elections official shall send the list to the voter by facsimile, electronic mail, or regular mail, as the voter requests.
Terms Used In California Elections Code 3121
- Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
- Elections official: means any of the following:
California Elections Code 320
- Measure: means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to a popular vote at any election. See California Elections Code 329
- 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:
California Elections Code 300
- Special election: is a n election, the specific time for the holding of which is not prescribed by law. See California Elections Code 356
- Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
(c) Not later than 60 days before a regularly scheduled election and as soon as practicable before a special election, the elections official shall update on his or her Internet Web site the list described in subdivision (a) with the certified candidates for each office and certified ballot measures and make the updated list publicly available.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 744, Sec. 24. (AB 1805) Effective January 1, 2013.)