Section 14218 Of Article 2. Election Day Procedures From California Elections Code >> Division 14. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.

. If the surname of any person offering to vote has been changed since the person has registered, the person shall sign his or her name as it was before the change and also the appropriate name as it is at the time the person votes, indicating on the roster on the same line by brackets or other means that the two names are the name of one person.