Elec. Code, § 18566 · Article 4. Corruption of Voting
Elec. Code, § 18566
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years who:
(a) Forges or counterfeits returns of an election purported to have been held at a precinct where no election was in fact held.
(b) Willfully substitutes forged or counterfeit returns of election in the place of true returns for a precinct where an election was actually held.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 83. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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