2011 California Code
Elections Code
DIVISION 3. VOTE BY MAIL VOTING, NEW RESIDENT, AND NEW CITIZEN VOTING [3000 - 3503]
CHAPTER 4. Federal Absentee Application and Voting Procedures
Section 3304

(a) Any application made pursuant to this chapter that is received by the elections official prior to the 60th day before the election shall be kept and processed on or after the 60th day before the election.

(b) The elections official shall send with the ballot a list of all candidates who have qualified for the ballot by the 60th day before the election and for whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be entitled to write in the name of any specific candidate seeking the nomination or election to any office listed on the ballot.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 15341 or any other provision of law, any name written upon a ballot for a particular office pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be counted for the office or nomination, providing the candidate whose name is written on the ballot has, as of the date of the election, qualified to have his or her name placed on the ballot for the office, or has qualified as a write-in candidate for the office.

(d) The elections official shall receive and canvass the vote by mail ballots described in this section under the same procedure as other vote by mail ballots, insofar as that procedure is not inconsistent with this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 59. Effective January 1, 2008.)