California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 18570

Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who does any one of the following:

(a)Removes or defaces any posted copy of the results of votes cast within the period of 48 hours from the official time fixed for the closing of the polls.
(b)Delays delivery of or changes the copy of the result of votes cast that is to be delivered to the city or county elections official.

Cite this section

Cal. Elec. Code § 18570 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/elec/division-18-penal-provisions/chapter-6-corruption-of-the-voting-process/article-4-corruption-of-voting/section-18570

Other sections in Article 4 - Corruption of Voting

§ 18560§ 18560.1§ 18561§ 18562§ 18562.5§ 18563§ 18564§ 18564.5§ 18565§ 18566…§ 18569§ 18570§ 18571§ 18572§ 18573§ 18573.5§ 18574§ 18575§ 18577§ 18578

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