§ 19092. Vote-by-Mail Ballot Reason Codes.
2 CA ADC § 19092Barclays Official California Code of RegulationsEffective: January 26, 2022
Effective: January 26, 2022
2 CCR § 19092
§ 19092. Vote-by-Mail Ballot Reason Codes.
(b) If a VBM ballot has not had a final adjudication, the county elections official shall assign the ballot return status of “Not Accepted” and either a temporary rejection reason code of “In review.” or one of the applicable rejection reason codes set forth in subdivision (c) below. Upon the final adjudication of the ballot, “In review” shall be replaced with either a ballot return status of “Accepted” or with a rejection reason code for “Not Accepted” as provided in subdivision (c) below.
(6) “Multiple ballots returned in one envelope.” This reason code shall be used when more than one VBM ballot is returned in an envelope and an equal amount of distinct signatures are not on the envelope that can be attributed to eligible voters; this scenario is described in paragraph (10) of subsection (c) of Section 20991, of Article 9 of chapter 8.3 of Division 7 of Title 2 of California Code of Regulations.
(7) “Ballot was not received in time.” This reason code shall be used when a VBM ballot was postmarked after Election Day or was postmarked on or before Election Day and was received by the county elections office more than the prescribed days set forth in Section 3020 of the Elections Code after the election or was delivered to the polls or vote center after the close of the polls on Election Day.
(9) “No ID provided.” This reason code shall be used in a federal election when a first-time registrant, who is also a first-time voter, did not provide a California driver license or state identification number or the last four (4) digits of their social security number when they registered to vote, pursuant to Section 19075 of this article, and they did not provide the information required by Section 20107 of article 7 of chapter 1 of Division 7 of Title 2 of California Code of Regulations, prior to the final adjudication of the ballot.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code; and Sections 10 and 2168, Elections Code. Reference: Sections 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3007.5, 3007.7, 3007.8, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3016.5, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3019.5, 3019.7, 3020, 3021, 3021.5, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025 and 3026, Elections Code; and 52 U.S.C. Section 21083.
History
1. New section filed 8-27-2020; operative 8-27-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 35).
2. Amendment of subsections (b)-(c)(1), (c)(5) and (c)(9), new subsections (c)(10)-(11), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (c)(12) filed 10-5-2020 as an emergency; operative 10-5-2020. Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-66-20) (Register 2020, No. 41). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-3-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. Amendment of subsections (b)-(c)(1), (c)(5) and (c)(9), new subsections (c)(10)-(11), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (c)(12) refiled 8-5-2021 as an emergency; operative 8-5-2021 (Register 2021, No. 32). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-3-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Amendment of subsections (b)-(c)(1), (c)(5) and (c)(9), new subsections (c)(10)-(11), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (c)(12) refiled 11-15-2021 as an emergency; operative 11-15-2021 (Register 2021, No. 47). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-14-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of Compliance as to 11-15-2021 order, including amendment of subsections (b) and (c)(4), repealer of former subsection (c)(6), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsections (c)(6)-(8) and (c)(10)-(11), transmitted to OAL 12-14-2021 and filed 1-26-2022; amendments operative 1-26-2022 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2022, No. 4).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 2, § 19092, 2 CA ADC § 19092
End of Document |