California Elections Code 3122 – (a) If a military or overseas voter’s mistake or omission in the …
(a) If a military or overseas voter‘s mistake or omission in the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent determining whether a military or overseas voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document. In a write-in ballot authorized by this chapter, if the intention of the voter is discernible under this state’s uniform definition of what constitutes a vote and the ballot is eligible to be counted pursuant to Sections 3019 and 3106, an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party shall be accepted as a valid vote.
(b) An authentication, other than the declaration specified in Section 3106 or 3118 or the declaration on the federal postcard application and federal write-in absentee ballot, is not required for execution of a document under this chapter. The declaration and any information in the declaration may be compared with information on file to ascertain the validity of the document.
Terms Used In California Elections Code 3122
- candidate: includes any officeholder who is subject to a recall election. See California Elections Code 305
- 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
- Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
- Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 560, Sec. 4. (AB 1417) Effective January 1, 2014.)