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2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 2 - VOTERS
CHAPTER 2 - Registration
ARTICLE 5 - Roster
Section 2188.5.

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CA Elec Code § 2188.5 (2025)
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2188.5. (a) A person who requests voter information pursuant to Section 2188 or who obtains signatures or other information collected for an initiative, referendum, political party qualification, or recall petition shall not send that information outside of the United States or make it available in any way electronically to persons outside the United States, including, but not limited to, access over the Internet.

(b) For purposes of this section, “United States” includes each of the several states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, Sec. 48. (AB 1020) Effective January 1, 2016. Operative September 26, 2016, when the Secretary of State issued the certification prescribed by Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, Sec. 88.)

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