2021 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 14 - ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 3 - Procedures at Polls
ARTICLE 4 - Issuing Ballots and Voting
Section 14284.

Universal Citation: CA Elec Code § 14284 (2021)
14284.  

(a) All ballots, except vote by mail voter ballots, shall be marked only with the marking device provided by law.

(b) To prevent voters from marking their ballots with a pen or pencil, at the time of delivering a ballot to a voter, the precinct officer shall distinctly state that the voter shall mark the ballot with the device provided by law or the ballot will not be counted.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 83. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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