Section 4103 Of Chapter 2. Conduct Of Mail Ballot Elections From California Elections Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 2.
4103
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 3020, ballots cast under this
chapter shall be returned to the elections official from whom they
were obtained no later than 8 p.m. on election day.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any vote by mail ballot cast
under this chapter shall be timely cast if it is received by the
voter's elections official via the United States Postal Service or a
bona fide private mail delivery company no later than three days
after election day and either of the following is satisfied:
(1) The ballot is postmarked on or before election day or is time
stamped or date stamped by a bona fide private mail delivery company
on or before election day.
(2) If the ballot has no postmark, a postmark with no date, or an
illegible postmark, the vote by mail ballot identification envelope
is date stamped by the elections official upon receipt of the vote by
mail ballot from the United States Postal Service or a bona fide
private mail delivery company, and is signed and dated pursuant to
Section 3011 on or before election day.