Section 2166.7 Of Article 4. Forms From California Elections Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
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. (a) If authorized by his or her county board of
supervisors, a county elections official shall, upon application of a
public safety officer, make confidential that officer's residence
address, telephone number, and email address appearing on the
affidavit of registration, in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this section.
(b) The application by the public safety officer shall contain a
statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that the person is a
public safety officer as defined in subdivision (f) and that a
life-threatening circumstance exists to the officer or a member of
the officer's family. The application shall be a public record.
(c) The confidentiality granted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
terminate no more than two years after commencement, as determined by
the county elections official. The officer may submit a new
application for confidentiality pursuant to subdivision (a), and the
new request may be granted for an additional period of not more than
two years.
(d) Any person granted confidential voter status under subdivision
(a) shall:
(1) Provide a valid mailing address and be considered a vote by
mail voter for all subsequent elections or until the county elections
official is notified otherwise by the Secretary of State or in
writing by the voter. A voter requesting termination of vote by mail
status thereby consents to placement of his or her residence address,
telephone number, and email address in the roster of voters.
(2) The elections official, in producing any list, roster, or
index, shall exclude voters with a confidential voter status.
(3) Within 60 days of moving to a new county, if available in the
new county, apply for confidential voter status pursuant to
subdivision (a). The elections official of the new county, upon
notice of the confidential voter moving into the county, shall do all
of the following:
(A) Contact the confidential voter and provide information
regarding the application for confidential voter status in the new
county.
(B) Honor the confidential voter status from the former county for
60-days from the date of notice.
(C) Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), exclude the
confidential voter in any list, roster, or index during the 60-day
period.
(D) Remove the confidential voter status if the new voter has not
obtained or cannot obtain confidential voter status pursuant to this
section in the new county during the 60-day period.
(e) No action in negligence may be maintained against any
government entity or officer or employee thereof as a result of the
disclosure of the information that is the subject of this section
unless by a showing of gross negligence or willfulness.
(f) "A public safety officer" has the same meaning as defined in
subdivision (a), (d), (e), (f), or (j) of Section 6254.24 of the
Government Code.