California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 6 - Escrow of Source Codes
Article 1 - General Purpose
Section 20612 - Placement in Escrow Required
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The source code for any voting system or ballot marking system intended for use by an election jurisdiction in California must be placed in an approved escrow facility. If the source code has not been placed in an approved escrow facility, no voting system or ballot marking system derived from that source code may be used in any California election conducted pursuant to the Elections Code.
(b) The election management system source code intended for use by an election jurisdiction in California must be placed in an approved escrow facility annually or after each major release.
1. New
section filed 8-8-95; operative 9-7-95 (Register 95, No. 32).
2.
Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 12-31-2014; operative
4-1-2015 (Register 2015, No. 1).
Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code; and Sections 2501 and 19212, Elections Code. Reference: Sections 2500, 2501 and 19212, Elections Code.
