§ 14314 Provisional Ballot Processing Guidelines

Elections Code·California

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This law tells the Secretary of State to write rules that show county election workers how to handle provisional ballots.

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•The Secretary of State must create regulations.
•The regulations give guidelines to county election officials.
•The guidelines are about processing provisional ballots.
•The law took effect on January 1, 2017.

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A voter shows up at the polling place without the right ID and gets a provisional ballot.

The new rules the Secretary of State creates will tell the county staff exactly how to check that ballot and whether it can be counted later.

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§ 14314 Provisional Ballot Processing Guidelines

The Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations establishing guidelines for county elections officials relating to the processing of provisional ballots. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 821, Sec. 2. (AB 1970) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

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Secretary of State regulations county elections officials provisional ballots

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 14314.

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