Section 14102 Of Chapter 2. Precinct Supplies From California Elections Code >> Division 14. >> Chapter 2.
14102
. (a) (1) For each statewide election, the elections official
shall provide a sufficient number of official ballots in each
precinct to reasonably meet the needs of the voters in that precinct
on election day using the precinct's voter turnout history as the
criterion, but in no case shall this number be less than 75 percent
of registered voters in the precinct, and for vote by mail and
emergency purposes shall provide the additional number of ballots
that may be necessary.
(2) The number of party ballots to be furnished to any precinct
for a primary election shall be computed from the number of voters
registered in that precinct as intending to affiliate with a party,
and the number of nonpartisan ballots to be furnished to any precinct
shall be computed from the number of voters registered in that
precinct without statement of intention to affiliate with any of the
parties participating in the primary election.
(b) For all other elections, the elections official shall provide
a sufficient number of official ballots in each precinct to
reasonably meet the needs of the voters in that precinct on election
day, using the precinct's voter turnout history as the criterion, but
in no case shall this number be less than 75 percent of the number
of registered voters in the precinct, and for vote by mail and
emergency purposes shall provide the additional number of ballots
that may be necessary.