Cal. Elections Code § 17300
Cal. Elections Code § 17300
California · California Elections Code · Status: effective · Effective 2022-01-01
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- Cal. Elections Code § 17300, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/809560
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(a) (1) The elections official shall preserve all rosters or combined rosters and voter lists as provided for in Section 14107, if applicable, until five years after the date of the election, after which they may be destroyed by that official.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, if an electronic poll book is used, a copy of the electronic data file may be preserved in lieu of preserving a paper copy of the rosters or combined rosters and voter lists, if applicable.
(b) In lieu of preserving the original roster, the elections official may, by filming or other suitable method, record the original roster of voters and destroy the roster following the next subsequent general election.