{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-12287.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 12287.5","heading":"","body":"A single-family residence shall not be designated as a polling place if elections officials determine that it has the registered address of a person who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act. Elections officials shall, not more than 60 days prior to designating a single-family residence as a polling place, use the Megan’s Law Internet Web site maintained by the Department of Justice to determine if the residence has the registered address of a sex offender. In accordance with subdivision (k) of Section 290.46 of the Penal Code, an elections official who is required to register as a sex offender shall be prohibited from accessing the Megan’s Law public Internet Web site.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 12. PREELECTION PROCEDURES [12000. - 12327.]","CHAPTER 3. Precincts [12200. - 12288.]","ARTICLE 5. Polling Places [12280. - 12288.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b1e04322dad8e0753702ef83ce36eb5d506b5ca5f926d699caa25b479112d08b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-12287","next":"us-ca/elec-12288"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}