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California Statutes § 18578 Unlawful signature on vote by mail ballot

⤴ Up to Article 4: Corruption Of Voting

Statute Text

Any person who applies for, or who votes or attempts to vote, a vote by mail ballot by fraudulently signing the name of a fictitious person, or of a regularly qualified voter, or of a person who is not qualified to vote, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.

History

Amended by Stats 2011 ch 39 ( AB 117 ) , s 68 , eff. 6/30/2011 .

Amended by Stats 2011 ch 15 ( AB 109 ) , s 88 , eff. 4/4/2011, but operative no earlier than October 1, 2011, and only upon creation of a community corrections grant program to assist in implementing this act and upon an appropriation to fund the grant program .

Amended by Stats 2007 ch 508 ( AB 1243 ) , s 118 , eff. 1/1/2008 .

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