§ 15702

For purposes of Section 2.5 of Article II of the California Constitution, “vote” includes all action necessary to make a vote effective in any primary, special, or general election, including, but not limited to, voter registration, any other act prerequisite to voting, casting a ballot, and having the ballot counted properly and included in the appropriate totals of votes cast with respect to candidates for public office and ballot measures.

(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 919, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002. Operative after March 5, 2002 (Prop. 43 was adopted) by Sec. 2 of Ch. 919.)