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DIVISION 18. PENAL PROVISIONS 18000-18700›CHAPTER 6. Corruption of the Voting Process 18500-18578›ARTICLE 4. Corruption of Voting 18560-18578

§ 18567

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Every person who willfully adds to or subtracts from the votes actually cast at an election, in any official or unofficial returns, or who alters the returns, is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 84. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

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