Section 2260.

2260. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California New Motor Voter Program. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 729, Sec. 3. (AB 1461) Effective January 1, 2016.)

Section 2261.

2261. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Voter registration is one of the biggest barriers to participation in our democracy. (b) In 1993, Congress enacted the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 et seq.), commonly known as the “Motor Voter Law,” with findings recognizing that the right of […]

Section 2262.

2262. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Completed voter registration” and “completed voter registration application” mean the part of the driver’s license application containing the voter registration application for an applicant who has not affirmatively declined to register to vote, the transmittal of which is not prohibited by subdivision […]

Section 2263.

2263. (a) The Secretary of State and the department shall establish the California New Motor Voter Program for the purpose of increasing opportunities for voter registration by any person who is qualified to be a voter under Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution. (b) This chapter shall not be construed as requiring the department […]

Section 2264.

2264. (a) Every driver’s license application shall include a voter registration application. All of the following apply to the voter registration application included with the driver’s license application: (1) The voter registration application shall require only the minimum information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and to enable the Secretary of State to assess the eligibility of […]

Section 2265.

2265. (a) (1) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a schedule and method for the department to electronically provide to the Secretary of State the records specified in this section. (2) The department and the Secretary of State shall develop and enter into an interagency agreement specifying how the department and the Secretary […]

Section 2266.

2266. (a) The willful, unauthorized disclosure of information obtained from the department pursuant to Section 2265 to any person, or the use of any false representation to obtain any of that information or the use of any of that information for a purpose other than as stated in Section 2265, is a misdemeanor punishable by a […]

Section 2267.

2267. (a) If the records of a person designated in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265 constitute a completed voter registration application, the Secretary of State shall register the person to vote, or, as applicable, preregister the person to vote, unless any of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) The person’s records, as described in […]

Section 2268.

2268. A person registered or preregistered to vote under this chapter may cancel the person’s voter registration or preregistration at any time by any method available to any other registered or preregistered voter. (Added by renumbering Section 2266 by Stats. 2021, Ch. 314, Sec. 7. (AB 796) Effective January 1, 2022.)

Section 2269.

2269. This chapter does not affect the confidentiality of a person’s voter registration or preregistration information, which remains confidential pursuant to Section 2194 of this code and Section 7924.000 of the Government Code and for all of the following persons: (a) A victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking pursuant to Section 2166.5. (b) A reproductive […]

Section 2270.

2270. 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. (Added by […]

Section 2271.

2271. If a person who is ineligible to vote becomes registered or preregistered to vote pursuant to this chapter and votes or attempts to vote in an election held after the effective date of the person’s registration or preregistration, that person shall be presumed to have acted with official authorization and shall not be guilty […]

Section 2272.

2272. (a) The department shall designate an employee, known as the department’s National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) coordinator, who shall be responsible for the department’s compliance with the requirements of this chapter and the requirements of Section 20504 of Title 52 of the United States Code. The responsibilities of the department’s NVRA coordinator include, but are […]

Section 2273.

2273. (a) The department’s NVRA coordinator shall ensure that each employee of the department who interacts with the California New Motor Voter Program shall, annually and as part of an initial new employee orientation, receive a training on the requirements of this chapter and the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20501 […]

Section 2274.

2274. (a) The department, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall monitor the timeliness of the department’s transmittals to the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 2265. (b) By the 10th day of each calendar month, the department shall provide to the Secretary of State, in a manner and method […]

Section 2275.

2275. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish a taskforce that includes all of the following members: (1) The Secretary of State’s NVRA coordinator. (2) The department’s NVRA coordinator. (3) County elections officials. (4) Individuals with demonstrated language accessibility experience for languages covered under the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 et seq.). (5) Representatives of the […]

Section 2276.

2276. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the department and the taskforce described in Section 2275, shall annually review the effectiveness of the California New Motor Voter Program and draft a written report. The written report shall, at a minimum, include all of the following: (a) Information about trends of voters registering through the California […]

Section 2277.

2277. The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations addressing both of the following: (a) A process for canceling the registration or preregistration of a person who is ineligible to vote, but became registered or preregistered under the California New Motor Voter Program in the absence of any violation by that […]