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2016 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 2 - VOTERS
CHAPTER 4.5 - California New Motor Voter Program
Section 2265.

Universal Citation:
CA Elec Code ยง 2265 (2016)
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2265. (a) The records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2263 shall constitute a completed affidavit of registration and the Secretary of State shall register the person to vote, unless any of the following conditions is satisfied:

(1) The person s records, as described in Section 2263, reflect that he or she affirmatively declined to become registered to vote during a transaction with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(2) The person s records, as described in Section 2263, do not reflect that he or she has attested to meeting all voter eligibility requirements specified in Section 2101.

(3) The Secretary of State determines that the person is ineligible to vote.

(b) If a person who is registered to vote pursuant to this chapter does not provide a party preference, his or her party preference shall be designated as Unknown on a voter registration index under Article 5 (commencing with Section 2180) of Chapter 2, and he or she shall otherwise be treated as a No Party Preference voter.

(c) If the Secretary of State receives from the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2263 the records of a person who is currently registered to vote, the Secretary of State shall use the information in the records to update the voter s registration information. If the Secretary of State does not receive information for the voter pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2263 for which space is provided on the affidavit of registration, but that information was provided in the voter s previous affidavit of registration, the information from the voter s previous affidavit of registration shall remain part of the voter s record.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 417, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2017.)

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