§ 2198 State Website Voter Links

Elections Code·California

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•Every state website must have a link to the voter registration page on its homepage.
•This link should take you directly to the Secretary of State’s online voter registration page.
•The rule started in 2014 but fully took effect in 2016.

Example

You visit the California DMV website to renew your driver’s license.

On the homepage, you should see a clear link that says something like 'Register to Vote' which takes you to the official voter registration page.

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§ 2198 State Website Voter Links

Each Internet Web site maintained by the state shall include a hyperlink on the site’s homepage to the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 277, Sec. 1. (SB 44) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative September 26, 2016, when Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, amended Section 2196 and deleted its condition in former subd. (e) that restricted the operation of Chapter 2.5 (Sections 2196 to 2198).)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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Internet Web site hyperlink online voter registration page Secretary of State

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Elections Code. Section 2198.

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