Section 18564.5 Of Article 4. Corruption Of Voting From California Elections Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 4.
18564.5
. (a) The Secretary of State, Attorney General, and any
local elections official in the county in which the act occurs, may
bring a civil action against an individual, business, or other legal
entity that commits any of the following acts before, during, or
after an election:
(1) Tampers, interferes, or attempts to interfere with the correct
operation of, or willfully damages in order to prevent the use of,
any voting machine, voting device, voting system, vote tabulating
device, or ballot tally software.
(2) Interferes or attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting
or interferes or attempts to interfere with ballot tally software
program source codes.
(3) Knowingly, and without authorization, gains access to or
provides another person or persons with access to a voting machine
for the purpose of committing one of the acts specified by this
section.
(4) Willfully substitutes or attempts to substitute forged,
counterfeit, or malicious ballot tally software program source codes.
(5) Knowingly, and without authorization, inserts or causes the
insertion of uncertified hardware, software, or firmware, for
whatever purpose, into any voting machine, voting device, voting
system, vote tabulating device, or ballot tally software.
(6) Fails to notify the Secretary of State prior to any change in
hardware, software, or firmware to a voting machine, voting device,
voting system, or vote tabulating device, certified or conditionally
certified for use in this state.
(b) A civil action may be brought pursuant to this section for a
civil penalty not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each
act and for injunctive relief, if appropriate.