§ 13316 Voter Guide Facsimile Use

This law says that if a county, city, or district uses voting machines, they can treat copies of the voter information guide they send out as mail‑in ballots.

Key Takeaways

•Only works for places that use voting machines.
•A "reasonable facsimile" means a clear, accurate copy of the voter guide.
•This rule overrides any other law that might conflict with it.
•It became effective on January 1 2017.

Example

A city that uses electronic voting machines sends each registered voter a printed guide that explains how to vote. The city can use a photocopy of that guide as the voter’s mail‑in ballot.

Because the city uses voting machines, the guide (or a good copy of it) counts as a legal mail ballot, even if other rules would normally say something different.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county, city, city and county, or district using voting machines may use reasonable facsimiles of the county voter information guides sent to the voters of the local jurisdiction as vote by mail ballots. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 76. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)

This law says that if a county, city, or district uses voting machines, they can treat copies of the voter information guide they send out as mail‑in ballots.

Key Takeaways

•Only works for places that use voting machines.
•A "reasonable facsimile" means a clear, accurate copy of the voter guide.
•This rule overrides any other law that might conflict with it.
•It became effective on January 1 2017.

Example

A city that uses electronic voting machines sends each registered voter a printed guide that explains how to vote. The city can use a photocopy of that guide as the voter’s mail‑in ballot.

Because the city uses voting machines, the guide (or a good copy of it) counts as a legal mail ballot, even if other rules would normally say something different.

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