Elections
Handbook of Elections Issues
The law prohibits the use of public funds for political campaign activity. The Chancellor's Office has prepared a Handbook of Elections Issues that can be used as a general reference to provide guidance on election issues, including what election-related activities are allowed and prohibited. This serves as a notification of the CSU policy regarding the use of state resources in connection with an election. This is a general reference guide to issues that have arisen within the CSU relating to the use of state resources in elections and guidance for other election questions.
Time off to vote
Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on each election day. If you are scheduled to be at work during that time and you do not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote at a statewide election, California law allows you to take up to two hours off to vote, without losing any pay. You may take as much time as you need to vote, but only two hours of that time will be paid. Your time off for voting can be only at the beginning or end of your regular work shift, whichever allows the most free time for voting and the least time off from your regular working shift, unless you make another arrangement with your employer. If three working days before the election you think you will need time off to vote, you must notify your employer at least two working days prior to the election.
Elections Code - Section 14000
*(a) If a voter does not have sufficient time outside of working hours to vote at a statewide election, the voter may, without loss of pay, take off enough working time that, when added to the voting time available outside of working hours, will enable the voter to vote.*
*(b) No more than two hours of the time taken off for voting shall be without loss of pay. The time off for voting shall be only at the beginning or end of the regular working shift, whichever allows the most free time for voting and the least time off from the regular working shift, unless otherwise mutually agreed.*
*(c) If the employee on the third working day prior to the day of election, knows or has reason to believe that time off will be necessary to be able to vote on election day, the employee shall give the employer at least two working days’ notice that time off for voting is desired, in accordance with this section.*
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