BILL NUMBER: AB 1677	CHAPTERED  07/24/03

	CHAPTER  119
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 24, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 23, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 10, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Elections, Redistricting and
Constitutional Amendments (Longville (Chair), Samuelian (Vice Chair),
Jerome Horton, Levine, Nunez, and Strickland)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2003

   An act to amend Section 3008 of the Elections Code, relating to
absent voter ballots.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1677, Committee on Elections, Redistricting and Constitutional
Amendments.  Absent voter ballots.
   Existing law requires any individual, organization, or group that
distributes applications for absent voter ballots to return completed
forms to the elections official within 36 hours of receiving them,
or before the deadline for application, whichever is sooner.
   This bill would revise this time limit to 72 hours of receiving
them, or before the deadline for application, whichever is sooner.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 3008 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   3008.  (a) Any individual, organization, or group that distributes
applications for absent voter ballots and receives completed
application forms shall return the forms to the appropriate elections
official within 72 hours of receiving the completed forms, or before
the deadline for application, whichever is sooner.  The name,
address, and telephone number of any organization that authorizes the
distribution of the applications shall be included on the
application.
   (b) Any application for an absent voter's ballot that is sent by
an individual, group, or organization to a voter shall be
nonforwardable.  Any absent voter's ballot that is returned to an
elections official as undeliverable shall not be forwarded by the
elections official.
   (c) A person may not submit an absentee ballot application
electronically for another registered voter.