{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18403","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18403","heading":"","body":"Any person other than an elections official or a member of the precinct board who receives a voted ballot from a voter or who examines or solicits the voter to show their voted ballot is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. This section does not apply to persons returning a vote by mail ballot pursuant to Section 3017 or persons assisting a voter pursuant to Section 14282.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 5. Ballots [18400. - 18403.]"],"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":"be4f05d06929bc6b5f7abbb4e4665f94bab6a61bf37b1416ed90debfddd4b0cb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18401","next":"us-ca/elec-18500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}