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DIVISION 13. BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS 13000-13502›CHAPTER 3. Ballot Printing Specifications 13200-13282›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 13200-13220

§ 13214

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

The left-hand side of the first column of names on the ballot and the right-hand side of the last column of voting targets on the ballot shall be bordered. The binding or stitching of each package of ballots shall be along the top or head of the ballot. If ballots are to be used on a ballot on demand system or another system that prints content onto ballots, ballots are not required to be bound or stitched.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 863, Sec. 17. (AB 623) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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