Section 13300.7 Of Chapter 4. Sample Ballots And Voter Pamphlets From California Elections Code >> Division 13. >> Chapter 4.
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. Notwithstanding any other law, county and city elections
officials may establish procedures designed to permit a voter to opt
out of receiving his or her sample ballot, voter pamphlet, notice of
polling place, and associated materials by mail, and instead obtain
them electronically via email or by accessing them on the county's or
city's Internet Web site, provided that all of the following
conditions are met:
(a) The procedures establish a method of providing notice of and
an opportunity by which a voter can notify elections officials of his
or her desire to obtain ballot materials electronically in lieu of
receiving them by mail.
(b) The voter email address or any other information provided by
the voter under this section remains confidential pursuant to Section
6254.4 of the Government Code and Section 2194 of this code.
(c) The procedures provide notice and opportunity for a voter who
has opted out of receiving a sample ballot and other materials by
mail to opt back into receiving them by mail.
(d) The procedures establish a process by which a voter can apply
electronically to become a vote by mail voter.
(e) A voter may only opt out of, or opt back into, receiving his
or her sample ballot and other ballot materials by mail if the
elections official receives the request and can process it prior to
the statutory deadline for the mailing of those materials for the
next election, pursuant to Section 13303. If a voter misses this
deadline, the request shall take effect the following election.
(f) The procedures shall include a verification process to confirm
the voter's identity, either in writing with a signature card that
can be matched to the one on file with the elections official, or if
the request is submitted electronically, it shall contain the voter's
California driver's license number, California identification
number, or a partial social security number.
(g) Information made available over the Internet pursuant to this
section shall meet or exceed the most current, ratified standards
under Section 508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. Sec. 794d), as amended, and the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines 2.0 adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium for
accessibility. Election officials may also implement recommendations
of the Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee made pursuant to
paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 2053, and of any local
Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee created pursuant to the
guidelines promulgated by the Secretary of State related to the
accessibility of polling places by the physically handicapped.