How are decline-to-state voters informed that they have the option of voting in some of the political party primaries on February 5?
Elections Code section 3205(b) requires local elections officials to mail all decline-to-state voters who are registered as permanent vote-by-mail voters a notice and application regarding voting in the primary election. The notice shall inform the voter that he or she may request a vote-by-mail ballot for a particular political party for the primary election if that party authorized decline-to-state voters to vote in their primary. Elections Code section 13102 requires local elections officials to provide vote-by-mail and polling place voters with a nonpartisan ballot unless they ask for a ballot that would allow them to vote in a particular party.s primary. The law does not specify how local elections officials are to let decline-to-state voters know they have such an option.
