Section 3122 Of Chapter 2. Military And Overseas Voters Application And Voting Procedures From California Elections Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) If a military or overseas voter's mistake or omission in
the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent
determining whether a military or overseas voter is eligible to vote,
the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document. In a
write-in ballot authorized by this chapter, if the intention of the
voter is discernible under this state's uniform definition of what
constitutes a vote and the ballot is eligible to be counted pursuant
to Sections 3019 and 3106, an abbreviation, misspelling, or other
minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political
party shall be accepted as a valid vote.
(b) An authentication, other than the declaration specified in
Section 3106 or 3118 or the declaration on the federal postcard
application and federal write-in absentee ballot, is not required for
execution of a document under this chapter. The declaration and any
information in the declaration may be compared with information on
file to ascertain the validity of the document.