Section 359.5.
359.5. (a) “Voter-nominated office” means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. A political party or party central committee shall not nominate a candidate at a state-conducted primary election for a voter-nominated office. The […]
Section 360.
360. “Voting device” means any device used in conjunction with a ballot card or cards to indicate the choice of the voter by marking, punching, or slotting the ballot card. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 351.
351. “School office” means the office filled by any school officer. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 361.
361. “Voting machine” means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible, human-readable records, furnishes a total of the number of […]
Section 352.
352. “School officer” means the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the superintendent of schools of a county. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 362.
362. “Voting system” means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used for casting a ballot, tabulating votes, or both. “Voting system” does not include a remote accessible vote by mail system. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 75, Sec. 4. (AB 2252) Effective January 1, 2017.)
Section 353.
353. “Section” means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 353.5.
353.5. The “semifinal official canvass” is the public process of collecting, processing, and tallying ballots and, for state or statewide elections, reporting results to the Secretary of State on election night. The semifinal official canvass may include some or all of the vote by mail and provisional vote totals. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, […]
Section 354.
354. “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
Section 354.5.
354.5. (a) “Signature” includes either of the following: (1) A person’s mark if the name of the person affixing the mark is written near the mark by a witness over 18 years of age designated by the person and the designee subscribes his or her own name as a witness thereto. For purposes of this paragraph, a […]