§ 12106 Polling Place Publication Rules

This law tells the elections official to put out a list of where people can vote, and to make sure it shows up in local newspapers at least a week before the election.

Key Takeaways

•The list of polling places must be published if the official thinks voters need the notice.
•It has to appear in newspapers that most people in each city or area read.
•The publication must happen at least one week before the election.
•The rule does not apply when the election uses vote‑center locations.

Example

County A decides that voters need to know their polling places, so the elections official prints the list and puts it in the county's daily newspaper and a weekly paper in a nearby town.

The official checks that the newspapers reach enough voters, then publishes the list in those papers at least seven days before the election, so everyone can see where to go to vote.

(a) The elections official shall publish, as provided in this section and Section 12105, the list of polling places designated for each election precinct in each jurisdiction where the elections official determines that the public interest, convenience, and necessity require the local publication of the list to afford adequate notice of this subject to the electorate. (b) After making a determination pursuant to subdivision (a), the elections official shall divide and distribute the list of polling places and cause the same to be published at least one week before the election in newspapers of general circulation published in different places in the jurisdiction. (c) Divisions of the list of polling places may be published in that daily newspaper of general circulation published or circulated in one or more cities in the county, with the exception of the county seat, that is determined will give to the electorate in each city adequate notice of the election. If there is no daily newspaper, publication may be made in a semiweekly newspaper, a biweekly newspaper, or a weekly newspaper of general circulation that is determined will give the electorate in the city adequate notice of the election. (d) The list of polling places designated for various portions of the unincorporated area of the county and of the county seat may be published in those daily, semiweekly, biweekly, or weekly newspapers of general circulation published or circulated within the various portions of the unincorporated area and the county seat, deemed by the county elections official to be those newspapers that will give adequate notice of the election to the voters of the respective portions of the unincorporated area and the county seat. (e) This section does not apply to elections conducted using vote centers. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 29. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)

This law tells the elections official to put out a list of where people can vote, and to make sure it shows up in local newspapers at least a week before the election.

Key Takeaways

•The list of polling places must be published if the official thinks voters need the notice.
•It has to appear in newspapers that most people in each city or area read.
•The publication must happen at least one week before the election.
•The rule does not apply when the election uses vote‑center locations.

Example

County A decides that voters need to know their polling places, so the elections official prints the list and puts it in the county's daily newspaper and a weekly paper in a nearby town.

The official checks that the newspapers reach enough voters, then publishes the list in those papers at least seven days before the election, so everyone can see where to go to vote.

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