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Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11

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

§ 3109

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

If any military or overseas voter to whom a vote by mail ballot has been mailed and which ballot has not been voted by them returns to the county in which they are registered, or for a military or overseas voter qualified pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 321, to the county in which the applicant’s parent or legal guardian resided when the parent or legal guardian last lived within the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia on or before election day, they may apply for a replacement ballot pursuant to Section 3014. The elections official shall then issue another vote by mail ballot to the voter, or the elections official shall certify to the precinct board that the voter is eligible to vote in the election.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 650, Sec. 2. (AB 398) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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