This division applies to all elections.
Chapter 1General Provisions
Section § 18000
This section means that the rules and regulations in this division are applicable to every type of election held within the state.
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Section § 18001
If someone is convicted of a crime that involves jail or prison time and there's no specific fine mentioned, the court can add a fine. For misdemeanors, the fine can be up to $1,000, and for felonies, it can go up to $25,000, on top of any jail time.
Upon a conviction for any crime punishable by imprisonment in any jail or prison, in relation to which no fine is herein prescribed, the court may impose a fine on the offender not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) in cases of misdemeanors or up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in cases of felonies, in addition to the imprisonment prescribed.
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Section § 18002
This law states that anyone responsible for carrying out election-related duties in California must do so properly. If they intentionally neglect their duties or knowingly break election laws, they can face a fine up to $1,000, prison time ranging from 16 months to three years, or both. However, this rule doesn’t apply to specific chapters concerning particular elections.
(a)CA Elections Code § 18002(a) Every person charged with the performance of any duty under any law of this state relating to elections, who willfully neglects or refuses to perform it, or who, in the person’s official capacity, knowingly and fraudulently acts in contravention or violation of any of those laws, is, unless a different punishment is prescribed by this code, punishable by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b)CA Elections Code § 18002(b) This section does not apply to Chapters 1 (commencing with Section 6900) and 1.2 (commencing with Section 6911) of Part 2 of
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