§ 13317 Vote By Mail Facsimiles

This law lets places that use voting machines also use copies of the voter information guide as mail‑in ballots.

Key Takeaways

•Only works in counties, cities, or districts that use vote‑tabulating devices.
•They may use a reasonable copy of the voter information guide as a mail‑in ballot.
•The copy must be a faithful (reasonable) replica of the guide that was sent to voters.

Example

A city that uses electronic voting machines sends out a voter information guide to every resident. When a resident wants to vote by mail, the city can give them a copy of that guide to fill out and return as their ballot.

Because the city uses voting machines, it can treat a reasonable copy of the guide as a legal mail‑in ballot, so the resident's vote counts just like a regular ballot.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county, city, city and county, or district using vote tabulating devices 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. 77. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)

This law lets places that use voting machines also use copies of the voter information guide as mail‑in ballots.

Key Takeaways

•Only works in counties, cities, or districts that use vote‑tabulating devices.
•They may use a reasonable copy of the voter information guide as a mail‑in ballot.
•The copy must be a faithful (reasonable) replica of the guide that was sent to voters.

Example

Because the city uses voting machines, it can treat a reasonable copy of the guide as a legal mail‑in ballot, so the resident's vote counts just like a regular ballot.

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