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California Regulations § 19050.6 Requirements for Valid Registration

⤴ Up to Article 2: Postal Registration of Voters

Regulation Text

In the event that the county clerk receives an affidavit of registration that does not include portions of the information for which space is provided, the county clerk or registrar of voters shall apply the following rebuttable presumptions:
(a) If no middle name or initial is shown, it shall be assumed that none exists.
(b) If no occupation is shown, it shall be presumed that the person is unemployed or has no occupation.
(c) If no party affiliation is shown, it shall be assumed that the registrant has "declined to state" a party affiliation.
(d) If the year of birth is omitted, it shall be presumed that the year of birth was eighteen years or more prior to the date of the next succeeding election, in accordance with the voter's statement under penalty of perjury that he or she will be eighteen years of age at the time of the next election.
(e) If no prior registration is shown, it shall be presumed that the person is not registered to vote in California. An elector's affidavit of registration as a voter shall be valid notwithstanding the failure to complete the information to which the above presumptions apply, absent evidence rebutting the presumption.
(f) If the date of execution is omitted but:
(1) the affidavit is received in the office of the county clerk, on or before the 29th day prior to the election; or
(2) the registration affidavit is postmarked on or before the 29th day prior to the election and arrives in the office of the county clerk not later than four days after the 29th day, it shall be presumed that the affidavit was executed on or before the 29th day prior to the election.

Source

1. New section filed 5-20-77; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 77, No. 21). 2. New subsection (f) filed 8-18-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 33).

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