SECTIONS 13200-13220 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 13200-13220

13200. Ballots not printed in accordance with this chapter shall
not be cast nor counted at any election.

13201. The ballots of each political party's central committee
shall be designed so that each ballot may be easily and clearly
distinguished from, and not confused with, a ballot of any other
political party.

13202. All ballots of the same sort prepared by any county
elections official, clerk or secretary of a legislative body, or
other person having charge of preparing ballots for the same polling
place, shall be precisely the same size, arrangement, quality and
tint of paper, and kind of type, and shall be printed with black ink
of the same tint, so that without the numbers on the stubs it is
impossible to distinguish any one of the ballots from the other
ballots of the same sort. The names of all candidates printed upon
the ballot shall be in type of the same size and character.

13203. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed in heavy-faced
gothic capital type not smaller than 30-point, the words "OFFICIAL
BALLOT." However, if the ballot is no wider than a single column, the
words "OFFICIAL BALLOT" may be as small as 24-point. Beneath this
heading, in the case of a partisan primary election, shall be printed
in 18-point boldface gothic capital type the official party
designation or the words "NONPARTISAN BALLOT" as applicable. Beneath
the heading line or lines, there shall be printed, in boldface type
as large as the width of the ballot makes possible, the number of the
congressional, Senate, and Assembly district, the name of the county
in which the ballot is to be voted, and the date of the election.

13204. (a) The instructions to voters shall be printed at least
three-eighths of an inch below the district designation. The
instructions shall begin with the words "INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS:" in
no smaller than 16-point gothic condensed capital type. Thereafter,
there shall be printed in 10-point gothic condensed capital type all
of the following directions that are applicable to the ballot:
"To vote for a candidate for Chief Justice of California;
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; Presiding Justice, Court of
Appeal; or Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, stamp a cross (+) in
the voting square after the word "Yes," to the right of the name of
the candidate. To vote against that candidate, stamp a cross (+) in
the voting square after the word "No," to the right of the name of
that candidate."
"To vote for any other candidate of your selection, stamp a cross
(+) in the voting square to the right of the candidate's name.