{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-19204.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 19204.5","heading":"","body":"(a) The Secretary of State shall not certify or conditionally approve a voting system that cannot facilitate the conduct of a ballot level comparison risk-limiting audit.\n(b) (1) For purposes of this subdivision, a voting system that is “noncompliant” is a voting system that cannot facilitate the conduct of a ballot level comparison risk-limiting audit.\n(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Secretary of State may, until January 1, 2021, approve a proposed change or modification to a noncompliant voting system even if the voting system will remain noncompliant after the change or modification. This paragraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2021.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 19. CERTIFICATION OF VOTING SYSTEMS [19001. - 19402.]","CHAPTER 3. Certification of Voting Systems [19200. - 19275.]","ARTICLE 1. Procedures for Certification of Voting Systems [19200. - 19219.]"],"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":"a7129630b4ba2d2d2a2fa27103be6b9656c944121369a2b3e048955e3fb20d09","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-19204","next":"us-ca/elec-19205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}