SECTIONS 18301-18304 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 18301-18304

18301. In addition to any other penalty, any person who prints or
otherwise duplicates, or causes to be printed or duplicated, a
simulated ballot or simulated sample ballot that does not contain the
statement required by Section 20009 or that uses an official seal or
insignia in violation thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

18302. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly causes
to be mailed or distributed, or knowingly mails or distributes,
literature to any voter that includes a designation of the voter's
precinct polling place other than a precinct polling place listed for
that voter in an official precinct polling list that constituted the
latest official precinct polling list at sometime not more than 30
days prior to the mailing or distribution.

18303. Every person who violates Section 84305 of the Government
Code relating to mass mailing is subject to the penal provisions set
forth in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 91000) of Title 9 of the
Government Code.

18304. (a) Any person who uses or allows to be used any
reproduction or facsimile of the seal of the county or the seal of a
local government agency in any campaign literature or mass mailing,
as defined in Section 82041.5 of the Government Code, with intent to
deceive the voters, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) For purposes of this section, the use of a reproduction or
facsimile of a seal in a manner that creates a misleading, erroneous,
or false impression that the document is authorized by a public
official is evidence of intent to deceive.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "local government
agency" means a school district, special or other district, or any
other board, commission, or agency of local jurisdiction.