§ 13214 Ballot Binding Requirements

This law says every column on a ballot must have a border, and the ballots have to be bound or stapled at the top, unless they are printed on demand, in which case they don’t need to be bound.

Key Takeaways

•Every column on a ballot must have a border.
•Ballot packages must be bound or stapled at the top of the page.
•If ballots are printed on demand, they don’t have to be bound or stapled.

Example

A county office prints a stack of paper ballots for an election and staples them at the top of each stack.

Because the ballots are printed ahead of time, the law requires the columns to have borders and the stacks to be stapled at the top. If the same office used a machine that prints each ballot when a voter asks for it, they could skip the stapling.

All sides of the columns on the ballot shall be bordered. The binding or stitching of each package of ballots shall be along the top or head of the ballot. If ballots are to be used on a ballot on demand system or another system that prints content onto ballots, ballots are not required to be bound or stitched. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 676, Sec. 30. (AB 1219) Effective January 1, 2024.)

This law says every column on a ballot must have a border, and the ballots have to be bound or stapled at the top, unless they are printed on demand, in which case they don’t need to be bound.

Key Takeaways

•Every column on a ballot must have a border.
•Ballot packages must be bound or stapled at the top of the page.
•If ballots are printed on demand, they don’t have to be bound or stapled.

Example

A county office prints a stack of paper ballots for an election and staples them at the top of each stack.

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