{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18573.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18573.5","heading":"","body":"(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person who is providing care or direct supervision to an elder in a state-licensed or state-subsidized facility or program to coerce or deceive the elder into voting for or against a candidate or measure contrary to the elder’s intent or in the absence of any intent of the elder to cast a vote for or against that candidate or measure.\n(b) For purposes of this section, “elder” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 15610.27 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.\n(c) A violation of this section is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed six months or by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per ballot containing a vote cast by the elder as a result of the coercion or deception or by both that imprisonment and fine.\n(d) Nothing in this section shall preclude prosecution under any other provision.","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":"5f554718b128d9bade5e7c08da4de375a5ae5cae16fcce3b497c4f2be4dbc02d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18573","next":"us-ca/elec-18574"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}