Elections Code section 18101

Every person who knowingly and willfully completes, or causes or procures the completion of, in whole or in part, an affidavit of registration or a voter registration card, with the intent to cause the registration or reregistration as a voter of a fictitious person or of any person who has not requested registration or reregistration as a voter, is guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years, or in a county jail for not more than one year.

Source: Section 18101, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=ELEC§ionNum=18101.­ (updated Apr. 4, 2011; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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