(a) A voter may vote their vote by mail ballot, without the identification envelope, in person at the polling place designated for the voter’s home precinct or at a vote center established pursuant to Section 4005, if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The precinct board or vote center election board has real-time access to the county elections official‘s election management system, and does both of the following:

Terms Used In California Elections Code 3016.5

  • Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
  • Election board: means the board of supervisors of each county, the city council or other governing body of a city, or any board or officer to whom similar powers and duties are given by any charter. See California Elections Code 319
  • Elections official: means any of the following:

    California Elections Code 320

  • Polling place: means a location where a voter casts a ballot and includes the following terms, as applicable: poll, polling location, and vote center. See California Elections Code 338.5
  • Precinct: means a geographical area within a county that is made up of voters and is formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12. See California Elections Code 338.6
  • precinct board: means the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a vote center. See California Elections Code 339
  • Signature: includes either of the following:

    California Elections Code 354.5

  • Vote center: means a location established for holding elections that offers the services described in Sections 2170 and 4005. See California Elections Code 357.5
  • Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359

(A) Verifies that the voter has not returned a vote by mail ballot for that election.

(B) Changes the status of the voter in the election management system from a vote by mail voter to an in person voter.

(2) After the voter’s status has been changed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), the voter provides their name, address, and signature pursuant to Section 14216.

(3) The county elections official has established procedures to ensure that a voter who casts a ballot pursuant to this subdivision does not submit more than one vote by mail ballot without the identification envelope, and the precinct board or vote center election board complies with those procedures.

(b) A ballot cast pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be processed and counted in the same manner as a nonprovisional ballot cast in person at the polling place or vote center.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 661, Sec. 1. (AB 626) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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