California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 1 - Voter Registration
Article 2.5 - Statewide Voter Registration System
Section 19079 - State Death and Felony Status Records
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) When a new or updated voter registration record is received by the statewide voter registration system, the Secretary of State shall compare that voter registration record with records of deceased persons from the CDPH and records of persons who are currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony who are ineligible to vote, from the CDCR.
(b) When the Secretary of State receives new records from the CDPH or from the CDCR, the records shall be compared to the voter registration records in the statewide voter registration system.
(c) Upon identifying a potential match, the Secretary of State shall transmit notice of the potential match to the county elections official in the county in which the potential match is identified.
(d) Upon receipt of a notice of potential match, the county elections official shall determine whether the registration record matches a record of a deceased person or person who is currently in state or federal prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony which renders that person ineligible to vote in accordance with Section 19061. If a match is confirmed by the county elections official, the county elections official shall accept the potential match and that voter's record shall be cancelled.
(e) When the Secretary of State receives a record of a voter with a federal felony conviction which renders them ineligible to vote, the record shall be forwarded to the county elections official of the voter's county of residence. The county elections official shall process the record in accordance with Section 19061.
(f) County elections officials shall process county death records in accordance with Elections Code section 2205, and upon identifying a match with a voter's record shall submit any change in the registration record to the statewide voter registration system in accordance with Section 19061.
(g) County elections officials shall process county felony records in accordance with Elections Code section 2212, and upon identifying a match with a voter's record shall submit any change in the registration record to the statewide voter registration system in accordance with Section 19061.
1. New section filed 8-27-2020; operative 8-27-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code; and Sections 10 and 2168, Elections Code. Reference: Sections 2205 and 2212, Elections Code; and 52 U.S.C. Section 21083.
