Section 2211 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Elections Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Any person who (1) has plead not guilty by reason of
insanity and who has been found to be not guilty pursuant to Section
1026 of the Penal Code, (2) has been found incompetent to stand trial
and whose trial or judgment has been suspended pursuant to Section
1370 of the Penal Code, (3) has been convicted of a felony and who
was judicially determined to be a mentally disordered sex offender
pursuant to former Section 6300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code,
as repealed by Chapter 928 of the Statutes of 1981, or (4) has been
convicted of a felony and is being treated at a state hospital
pursuant to Section 2684 of the Penal Code shall be disqualified from
voting or registering to vote during that time that the person is
involuntarily confined, pursuant to a court order, in a public or
private facility.
(b) Upon the order of commitment to a treatment facility referred
to in subdivision (a), the court shall notify the Secretary of State
and the county elections official of the person's county of residence
in the format prescribed by the Secretary of State and order the
person to be disqualified from voting or registering to vote.
(c) If the person is later released from the public or private
treatment facility, the court shall notify the Secretary of State and
the county elections official of the person's county of residence in
the format prescribed by the Secretary of State that the right of
the person to register to vote is restored.