{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-14244","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 14244","heading":"","body":"If the challenge is on the ground that the person seeking to vote is not a resident of the precinct, or in an election conducted using a voter center, not a resident of the county, the person challenged shall be sworn to answer questions, and after having been sworn, a member of the precinct board shall ask that person: “Are you a resident of this precinct?” or in an election conducted using a voter center, “Are you a resident of the county?”; If the answer to the question is “Yes,” without significant qualification, no other questions shall be asked.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 14. ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES [14000. - 14443.]","CHAPTER 3. Procedures at Polls [14200. - 14314.]","ARTICLE 3. Challenging a Voter [14240. - 14253.]"],"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":"6e23c5a4dd9061118bb2bb370bd82570e4ff22fbc707a8de1f6eb57fe8067943","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-14243","next":"us-ca/elec-14245"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}