Section 14300 Of Article 4. Issuing Ballots And Voting From California Elections Code >> Division 14. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 4.
14300
. (a) In the case of an election for a state or federal
office, each polling place using a direct recording electronic voting
system, as defined by Section 19271, the elections official shall
provide paper ballots equivalent to the following percentages:
(1) For a statewide general election, no less than 10 percent of
the registered voters in the polling place.
(2) For a statewide direct primary election, for each partisan
ballot form for which at least 10 percent of the registered voters in
the polling place are eligible to request, no less than 5 percent of
the registered voters in the precinct eligible to request that
ballot form at the polling place. For nonpartisan voters, the total
number of paper ballots among all ballot forms that they are eligible
to request shall be no less than 5 percent of registered nonpartisan
voters at the polling place.
(3) For any other state or federal election contest, no less than
5 percent of registered voters at the polling place.
(4) For purposes of this section, the number of registered voters
shall be based on the registration on the 88th day prior to the day
of the election.
(b) The elections official shall establish procedures for the use
of the paper ballots described in this section in the event the
direct recording electronic voting system becomes nonfunctional.
(c) Upon request, the precinct board shall provide a paper ballot
to a voter, regardless of the availability of the direct recording
electronic voting system, as long as supplies remain available.
(d) The paper ballots described in this section may consist of
provisional ballots.
(e) Any vote cast on a provisional ballot subject to this section
by an otherwise qualified voter shall be counted as a regular ballot
and shall not be subject to the requirements of Section 14310.