California Elections Code

§ 15154

ELEC § 15154 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 15 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Any ballot that is not marked as provided by law shall be rejected. The rejected ballots shall be placed in the package marked for voted ballots or in a separate container as directed by the elections official. All rejected ballots shall have written on the ballot the cause for rejection and be signed by a majority of processing board members who are assigned by the elections official to process ballots.

(b)The following ballot conditions shall not render a ballot invalid:

(1)Soiled or defaced.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 739, Sec. 3. (SB 183) Effective January 1, 2012.