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California · Through 2026-09-13

ELEC § 18566

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Elections Code - ELEC
  2. DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]
  3. CHAPTER 6. Corruption of the Voting Process [18500. - 18582.]
  4. ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting [18560. - 18578.]

Every person is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years who:

(a) Forges or counterfeits returns of an election purported to have been held at a precinct where no election was in fact held.

(b) Willfully substitutes forged or counterfeit returns of election in the place of true returns for a precinct where an election was actually held.

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