{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-3122","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 3122","heading":"","body":"(a) If a military or overseas voter’s mistake or omission in the completion of a document under this chapter does not prevent determining whether a military or overseas voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document. In a write-in ballot authorized by this chapter, if the intention of the voter is discernible under this state’s uniform definition of what constitutes a vote and the ballot is eligible to be counted pursuant to Sections 3019 and 3106, an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party shall be accepted as a valid vote.\n(b) An authentication, other than the declaration specified in Section 3106 or 3118 or the declaration on the federal postcard application and federal write-in absentee ballot, is not required for execution of a document under this chapter. The declaration and any information in the declaration may be compared with information on file to ascertain the validity of the document.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 3. VOTE BY MAIL VOTING, NEW RESIDENT, AND NEW CITIZEN VOTING [3000. - 3123.]","CHAPTER 2. Military and Overseas Voters Application and Voting Procedures [3101. - 3123.]"],"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":"c3db3b23b24697e67d29aa774a85deb3f6de8dafc3100bd1755c94543a240feb","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-3121","next":"us-ca/elec-3123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}