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DIVISION 17. RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF ELECTION RECORDS 17000-17506›CHAPTER 4. Precinct Supplies and Ballots 17300-17306

§ 17300

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

(a) The elections official shall preserve all rosters or combined rosters and voter lists as provided for in Section 14107, if applicable, until five years after the date of the election, after which they may be destroyed by that official.

(b) In lieu of preserving the original roster, the elections official may, by filming or other suitable method, record the original roster of voters and destroy the roster following the next subsequent general election.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 79. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)

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