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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

§ 3110

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

If any military or overseas voter returns to the county of their residence, 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, after the seventh day prior to the date of the election, they may appear before the elections official and make application for registration. The elections official shall register the voter, if the voter is not registered, and deliver to the voter a vote by mail ballot which may be voted in the elections official’s office or voted outside the elections official’s office on or before the close of the polls on the day of election and returned as are other vote by mail ballots.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 161, Sec. 21. (AB 2608) Effective August 22, 2022.)

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