{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-18578","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 18578","heading":"","body":"Any person who applies for, or who votes or attempts to vote, a vote by mail ballot by fraudulently signing the name of a fictitious person, or of a regularly qualified voter, or of a person who is not qualified to vote, is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.","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":"1de35a7934ffb42838ba634806fe86163986bc4d97e81888b01579154cacf8b8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-18577","next":"us-ca/elec-18580"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}