It is the intent of the Legislature to promote the fundamental right to vote of visually impaired individuals, and to make efforts to improve public awareness of the availability of state voter information guide audio recordings and improve their delivery to these voters.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 2. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)

Terms Used In California Elections Code 2052

  • visually impaired: means a person having central visual acuity not to exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20-200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends at an angle of not greater than 20 degrees. See California Elections Code 2051
  • Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
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