{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-15702","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 15702","heading":"","body":"For purposes of Section 2.5 of Article II of the California Constitution, “vote” includes all action necessary to make a vote effective in any primary, special, or general election, including, but not limited to, voter registration, any other act prerequisite to voting, casting a ballot, and having the ballot counted properly and included in the appropriate totals of votes cast with respect to candidates for public office and ballot measures.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 15. SEMIFINAL OFFICIAL CANVASS, OFFICIAL CANVASS, RECOUNT, AND TIE VOTE PROCEDURES [15000. - 15702.]","CHAPTER 11. Extension of Deadlines [15700. - 15702.]"],"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":"afe321f0a87c63c439aede63292f88a007775a5f93c00920c6ed0798f6a6c2d8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-15701","next":"us-ca/elec-16000"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}