SECTIONS 13000-13006 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 13000-13006

13000. The person in charge of elections for any county, city and
county, city, or district shall provide ballots for any elections
within his or her jurisdiction, and shall cause to be printed on them
the name of every candidate whose name has been certified to or
filed with the proper officer pursuant to law and who, therefore, is
entitled to a place on the appropriate ballot.

13001. All expenses authorized and necessarily incurred in the
preparation for, and conduct of, elections as provided in this code
shall be paid from the county treasuries, except that when an
election is called by the governing body of a city the expenses shall
be paid from the treasury of the city. All payments shall be made in
the same manner as other county or city expenditures are made. The
elections official, in providing the materials required by this
division, need not utilize the services of the county or city
purchasing agent.

13002. Ballot paper and ballot cards used by a jurisdiction holding
an election pursuant to the laws of California shall be tinted and
watermarked or overprinted with a design, to be furnished by the
Secretary of State, so that the watermark or overprint is plainly
discernible.

13004. (a) The Secretary of State shall adopt regulations governing
the manufacture, finishing, quality standards, distribution, and
inventory control of ballot cards and requiring the biennial
inspection of the manufacturing, finishing, and storage facilities
involving ballot cards. The Secretary of State shall also approve
each ballot card manufacturer or finisher prior to a manufacturer or
finisher providing ballot cards for use in California elections.
(b) Not later than five working days before the Secretary of State
begins his or her initial inspection, the ballot card manufacturer
or finisher shall disclose to the Secretary of State in writing any
known flaw or defect in its ballot card manufacturing or finishing
process or manufactured or finished ballot cards that could adversely
affect the future casting or tallying of votes. Once approved by the
Secretary of State, the ballot card manufacturer or finisher shall
notify the Secretary of State and the affected local elections
officials in writing within two business days after it discovers any
flaw or defect in its ballot card manufacturing or finishing process
or manufactured or finished ballot cards that could adversely affect
the future casting or tallying of votes.

13005. (a) Before a user may purchase ballot cards, the user shall
request in writing a release for a specific quantity of these ballot
cards from the Secretary of State. If the request is in order, the
Secretary of State shall issue a written release for that quantity to
the manufacturer, or to the authorized warehouse, and to the user.
The format, text, and use of the request and release shall be
governed by regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.
(b) Nothing in this section prohibits a verbal request or verbal
release, provided that this verbal request or verbal release is
immediately confirmed in writing. The regulations shall expressly
deny the manufacturing of ballot cards without a specific release.

13006. A user, vendor, or manufacturer shall not warehouse for a
subsequent election ballot paper or ballot cards furnished or
released by the Secretary of State for a specific election without
first obtaining authorization in writing from the Secretary of State
for the storage. The authorization shall include the particular
details of the amount to be stored so that audit controls may be
established and maintained. Ballot paper or ballot cards not used in
that election, not authorized to be retained for subsequent
elections, and not returned to the Secretary of State, shall be
destroyed. A certificate of destruction setting forth the date of
destruction and the amount of the ballot paper or ballot cards
destroyed shall be transmitted to the Secretary of State.