{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18571","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18571","heading":"","body":"Any person acting on any counting board who refuses to obey any lawful order of the county elections official or his or her deputy is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless he or she is by his or her refusal guilty of a higher crime under the laws of this state.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18700.]","CHAPTER 6. Corruption of the Voting Process [18500. - 18582.]","ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting [18560. - 18578.]"],"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":"7626023f716061c83fc0de47130610a977b5edefb946929e17c3a1bd5802a697","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18570","next":"us-ca/elec-18572"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}