BILL NUMBER: AB 3059	CHAPTERED  09/18/02

	CHAPTER  665
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 17, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 28, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 25, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Cardoza, Shelley, Liu, Matthews,
Washington, and Strickland
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Cogdill, Cox, Dutra, Leonard,
Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Reyes, Salinas, and Thomson)

                        MAY 13, 2002

   An act to amend Sections 2155 and 2156 of the Elections Code,
relating to voter registration, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3059, Cardoza.  Voter registration:  notification.
   Existing law requires the county elections official to send out a
voter notification form upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit
of registration, informing the voter that he or she is registered to
vote, and may vote in any election held 15 or more days after the
date shown on the reverse side of the notice.
   This bill would revise the required notice, as specified, to
include notification on how the voter's party affiliation has been
recorded and to direct the voter to call his or her county elections
office if information on the voter notification form is incorrect.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of State to print blank forms
of the voter notification described above, and to supply the forms to
county elections officials as requested.
   This bill would provide that the Secretary of State may continue
to supply existing voter notification forms prior to printing new or
revised forms as required by any changes to the notice requirements.

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2155 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   2155.  Upon receipt of a properly executed affidavit of
registration or address correction notice or letter pursuant to
Section 2119, Article 2 (commencing with Section 2220), or the
National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1973gg), the
county elections official shall send the voter a voter notification
by nonforwardable, first-class mail, address correction requested.
The voter notification shall state the party affiliation for which
the voter has registered in the following format:
   Party:  (Name of political party)
   The voter notification shall be substantially in the following
form:
      VOTER NOTIFICATION

   You are registered to vote.  The party affiliation for which you
have registered is shown on the reverse of this card.  This card is
being sent as a notification of:
   1. Your recently completed affidavit of registration,
      OR,

   2. A correction to your registration because of an official notice
that you have moved.  If your residence address has not changed or
if your move is temporary, please call or write the county elections
official immediately.


     _________________________________________________________

   You may vote in any election held 15 or more days after the date
shown on the reverse side of this card.
   Your name will appear on the index kept at the polls.
   Please contact your county elections office if the information
shown on the reverse side of this card is incorrect.


     __________________________________________________________
                      (Signature of Voter)

  SEC. 2.  Section 2156 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   2156.  The Secretary of State shall print, or cause to be printed,
the blank forms of the voter notification prescribed by Section
2155.  The Secretary of State shall supply the forms to the county
elections official in quantities and at times requested by the county
elections official.  The Secretary of State may continue to supply
existing voter notification forms prior to printing new or revised
forms as required by any changes to Section 2155.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to implement the voter registration verification
procedures proposed by this bill as soon as possible, and thereby
help ensure the accuracy of voter registration rolls, it is necessary
that this act take effect immediately.