California Code of Regulations
Title 2 - Administration
Division 7 - Secretary of State
Chapter 8.3 - Petition Processing, Signature Verification, Ballot Processing, and Ballot Counting
Article 6 - Signature Comparison
Section 20961 - Signature Verification Technology
In the event the elections official uses signature verification technology to compare the signature on a vote-by-mail ballot identification envelope to the signature(s) in the voter's registration file, and the technology rejects the signature, the elections official shall utilize the provisions of Elections Code section 3019 and Section 20960 to manually compare the signature.
1. New
section filed 9-28-2020 as an emergency; operative 9-28-2020. Emergency
expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60
days (Executive Order N-66-20) (Register 2020, No. 40). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-27-2021 or emergency language will
be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New
section refiled 7-12-2021 as an emergency; operative 7-28-2021 (Register 2021,
No. 29). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-26-2021
or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
3. New section refiled 11-4-2021 as an emergency; operative
11-4-2021 (Register 2021, No. 45). A Certificate of Compliance must be
transmitted to OAL by 2-2-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by
operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance
as to 11-4-2021 order transmitted to OAL 1-31-2022 and filed 3-15-2022
(Register 2022, No. 11).
Note: Authority cited: Section 12172.5, Government Code. Reference: Section 3019, Elections Code; and Section 12172.5, Government Code.
