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DIVISION 17. RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS 17000-17603›CHAPTER 1. Affidavits of Registration and Voter Registration Indexes 17000-17001

§ 17000

California Elections Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The elections official shall preserve all canceled original affidavits of registration for a period of five years, after which they may be destroyed by that officer.

(b) In lieu of preserving the canceled original affidavit of registration, the elections official may, by filming or other suitable method, record the canceled affidavit and destroy the affidavit following the first general election after the date of cancellation.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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