2020 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 13 - BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS
CHAPTER 4 - State and County Voter Information Guides
Section 13312.
(a) Each county voter information guide prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) Section 13307 shall contain a notice in the heading of the first page, not smaller than 10-point type, that specifies both of the following:
(1) That the county voter information guide does not contain a complete list of candidates and that a complete list of candidates appears on the sample ballot (if any candidate is not listed in the county voter information guide).
(2) That each candidate’s statement in the county voter information guide is volunteered by the candidate and (if printed at the candidate’s expense) is printed at his or her expense.
(b) If a local agency has authorized each candidate for nonpartisan elective office to prepare a candidate’s statement for the purpose of electronic distribution pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 13307, and if a candidate has submitted a statement for that purpose, the notice required by subdivision (a) shall specify that additional statements are available on the Internet Web site of the elections official and shall include the Internet Web site address at which the statements may be viewed.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 73.5. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)
