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DIVISION 3. VOTE BY MAIL VOTING, NEW RESIDENT, AND NEW CITIZEN VOTING 3000-3503›CHAPTER 2. Military and Overseas Voters Application and Voting Procedures 3101-3123

§ 3114

California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) For an election for which this state has not received a waiver pursuant to the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (52 U.S.C. Sec. 20301 et seq.), not sooner than 60 days but not later than 45 days before the election, the elections official shall transmit a ballot and balloting materials to each military or overseas voter who, by that date, submits a valid ballot application pursuant to Section 3102.

(b) If a valid ballot application from a military or overseas voter arrives after the 45th day before the election, the elections official charged with distributing a ballot and balloting materials to that voter shall transmit them to the voter as soon as practicable after the application arrives.

(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 94. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)

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