{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-14296","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 14296","heading":"","body":"Any voter who does not vote the ballot he or she has received, shall, before leaving the polling place, return it to the board member having charge of the ballots, who shall immediately cancel it. All canceled ballots shall be returned to the ballot clerk in the same manner as spoiled ballots.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 14. ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES [14000. - 14443.]","CHAPTER 3. Procedures at Polls [14200. - 14314.]","ARTICLE 4. Issuing Ballots and Voting [14270. - 14300.]"],"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":"0ef790f427bf8c8908906eb54029eb16ab68edfb9bafede67e0cb5d837dab7d1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-14295","next":"us-ca/elec-14297"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}