California Elections Code

§ 15342

ELEC § 15342 Effective Jan 1, 2012Div. 15 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3

Statute text

Any name written upon a ballot for a qualified write-in candidate, including a reasonable facsimile of the spelling of a name, shall be counted for the office, if it is written in the blank space provided and voted as specified below:

(a)For voting systems in which write-in spaces appear directly below the list of candidates for that office and provide a voting space, no write-in vote shall be counted unless the voting space next to the write-in space is marked or slotted as directed in the voting instructions, except as provided in subdivision (f).

(b)For voting systems in which write-in spaces appear separately from the list of candidates for that office and do not provide a voting space, the name of the write-in candidate, if otherwise qualified, shall be counted if it is written in the manner described in the voting instructions.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 190, Sec. 1. (AB 503) Effective January 1, 2012.