Under existing law, a vote-by-mail ballot is timely cast if it is postmarked or otherwise time-stamped on or before election day and received in the mail no later than 7 days after election day.
This bill would instead require a vote-by-mail ballot to be returned to the applicable elections official no later than the close of the polls on election day, except that the bill would require a vote-by-mail ballot cast by a military or overseas voter to be counted if it is postmarked on or before election day and received no later than 7 days after election day.

Statutes affected:
SB 406: 3020 ELEC, 3117 ELEC, 4103 ELEC
02/14/25 - Introduced: 3020 ELEC, 3117 ELEC, 4103 ELEC