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California Statutes § 3122 Military or overseas voter's mistake or omission

⤴ Up to Chapter 2: Military And Overseas Voters Application And Voting Procedures

Statute Text

(a) If a military or overseas voter's mistake or omission in the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent determining whether a military or overseas voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document. In a write-in ballot authorized by this chapter, if the intention of the voter is discernible under this state's uniform definition of what constitutes a vote and the ballot is eligible to be counted pursuant to Sections 3019 and 3106 , an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party shall be accepted as a valid vote.
(b) An authentication, other than the declaration specified in Section 3106 or 3118 or the declaration on the federal postcard application and federal write-in absentee ballot, is not required for execution of a document under this chapter. The declaration and any information in the declaration may be compared with information on file to ascertain the validity of the document.

History

Amended by Stats 2013 ch 560 ( AB 1417 ) , s 4 , eff. 1/1/2014 .

Added by Stats 2012 ch 744 ( AB 1805 ) , s 25 , eff. 1/1/2013 .

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