Cal. Elec. Code § 14216
Election Day Procedures
Redline — January 1, 2011 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2011
Any person desiring to vote shall announce his or her name and address in an audible tone of voice, and when one of the precinct officers finds the name in the index, the officer shall in a like manner repeat the name and address. The voter shall then write his or her name and residence address or, if the voter is unable to write, shall have the name and residence address written by another person on a roster of voters provided for that purpose, whereupon a challenge may be interposed as provided in this article.
(a) Any person desiring to vote shall state or provide his or her name and address and, upon the precinct officers finding the name in the roster, the voter shall then sign his or her name in the space provided or, if the voter is unable to sign, shall have his or her name signed by another person on the roster provided for that purpose, whereupon a challenge may be interposed as provided in this article.
(b) The signature shall be capable of being retained for the prescribed retention period for the election being conducted.
(c) This section does not prohibit the use of technology to capture the signature prescribed by subdivision (a).
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