Section 2107 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Elections Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
2107
. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) and Article 4.5
(commencing with Section 2170), the county elections official shall
accept affidavits of registration at all times except during the 14
days immediately preceding an election, when registration shall cease
for that election as to electors residing in the territory within
which the election is held. Transfers of registration for an election
may be made from one precinct to another precinct in the same county
at any time registration is in progress in the precinct to which the
elector seeks to transfer.
(b) The county elections official shall accept an affidavit of
registration executed as part of a voter registration card in the
forthcoming election if the affidavit is executed on or before the
15th day prior to the election, and if any of the following apply:
(1) A mailed affidavit is postmarked on or before the 15th day
prior to the election and received by mail by the county elections
official before the close of the polls on election day.
(2) The affidavit is submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles
or accepted by any other public agency designated as a voter
registration agency pursuant to the federal National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973gg et seq.) on or before
the 15th day prior to the election.
(3) The affidavit is delivered to the county elections official by
means other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) on or
before the 15th day prior to the election.
(4) The affidavit is submitted electronically on the Internet Web
site of the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 2196 on or before
the 15th day prior to the election.