Section 3007.5 Of Chapter 1. Vote By Mail Application And Voting Procedures From California Elections Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1.
3007.5
. (a) The Secretary of State shall prepare and distribute to
appropriate elections officials a uniform electronic application
format for a vote by mail voter's ballot that conforms to this
section.
(b) The uniform electronic application shall inform the voter that
the application for the vote by mail voter's ballot must be received
by the elections official not later than seven days prior to the
date of the election and shall contain spaces for at least the
following information:
(1) The name and residence address of the registered voter as it
appears on the affidavit of registration.
(2) The address to which the ballot is to be mailed.
(3) The name and date of the election for which the request is
made.
(4) The date of birth of the registered voter.
(c) The uniform electronic application shall inform the voter that
if he or she has declined to disclose a preference for a political
party, the voter may request a vote by mail ballot for a particular
political party for the partisan primary election, if that political
party has adopted a party rule, duly noticed to the Secretary of
State, authorizing that vote. The application shall contain a
toll-free telephone number, established by the Secretary of State,
that the voter may call to access information regarding which
political parties have adopted such a rule. The application shall
list the parties that have notified the Secretary of State of the
adoption of such a rule. The application shall contain a checkoff box
with a conspicuously printed statement that reads substantially
similar to the following: "I have declined to disclose a preference
for a qualified political party. However, for this primary election
only, I request a vote by mail ballot for the ____ Party." The name
of the political party shall be personally affixed by the voter.
(d) The uniform electronic application shall contain a
conspicuously printed statement substantially similar to the
following: "Only the registered voter himself or herself may apply
for a vote by mail ballot. An application for a vote by mail ballot
made by a person other than the registered voter is a criminal
offense."
(e) The uniform electronic application shall include a statement
substantially similar to the following: "A ballot will not be sent to
you if this application is incomplete or inaccurate."
(f) The uniform electronic application format shall not permit the
form to be electronically submitted unless all of the information
required to complete the application is contained in the appropriate
fields.