Elections Code § 403
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403.
A law enforcement officer shall not arrest any person within 200 feet of a polling place on election day during the time in which the polling place is open, except for a crime related to disrupting the operation of the polling place, a crime against a person, or a crime against property. This section does not provide legal amnesty for any crime committed within the buffer zone on election day.
(Added by Stats. 2026, Ch. 340, Sec. 2. (SB 884) Effective September 19, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 409.)