Government operations
Elections: ballot curing
California requires an electronic option for voters to fix missing or mismatched mail-ballot signatures.
The law expands access to the signature-curing process for vote-by-mail ballots while requiring voter data privacy and security.
What the law does
- Requires the Secretary of State to implement and offer county elections officials a system for electronic signature curing.
- Requires the electronic service to protect voters’ data privacy and security.
- Requires the Secretary of State to publish county-level data on electronic curing offers and use.
- Allows the electronic curing system to be combined with existing ballot-status and ballot-tracking systems.
Who it affects
- Vote-by-mail voters whose ballot envelopes lack a signature or have a signature that does not match records.
- County elections officials.
- The Secretary of State.