the Department of Transportation’s Statement of Responsibility Form. Candidates must submit completed forms to the Division of Traffic Operations at the address located on the form.
Note: This form is not required for signs facing a local roadway.
7. City Political Sign Regulations
The placement of signs within city limits is regulated by each city respectively. Candidates are advised to contact each city code enforcement office directly for additional information.
Campaign Literature
The statute number following the (§) symbol references the corresponding Elections Code section.
§ 18301 – Printing of simulated sample ballots – In addition to any other penalty, a person who prints or otherwise duplicates, or causes to be printed or duplicated, a simulated ballot or simulated county voter information guide that does not contain the statement required by Section 20009, or that uses an official seal or insignia in violation of Section 20009, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly causes to be mailed or distributed, or knowingly mails or distributes, literature to a 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 some time not more than 30 days prior to the mailing or distribution. o § 18302 – Distribution of precinct polling place information – o A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, with actual knowledge and intent to deceive, causes to be distributed or distributes, including distribution by mail, radio or television broadcast, telephone call, text message, email, or any other electronic means, including over the Internet, literature or any other form of communication to a voter that includes any of the following: ▪ The incorrect location of a vote center, office of an elections official, satellite office of an elections official where voting is permitted, vote by mail ballot drop box, or vote by mail ballot drop-off location. ▪ False or misleading information regarding the qualifications to vote or to register to vote. ▪ False or misleading information regarding the qualifications to apply for, receive, or return a vote by mail ballot. ▪ False or misleading information regarding the date of an election or the days, dates, or times voting may occur at a place described in paragraph (1). § 18303 – Mass mailing penal provisions – 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 – Use of seal in campaign literature is misdemeanor – (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,
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