Elec. Code, § 2270 · Chapter 4.5. California New Motor Voter Program
Elec. Code, § 2270
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter in the absence of a violation by that person of Section 18100, that person’s registration or preregistration shall be presumed to have been effected with official authorization and not the fault of that person.
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History
Added by renumbering Section 2268 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 314, Sec. 9. (AB 796) Effective January 1, 2022.
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