BILL NUMBER: AB 461	CHAPTERED  08/04/03

	CHAPTER  175
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 4, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 3, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 17, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Longville

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2003

   An act to add Section 14312 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 461, Longville.  Provisional voting.
   Existing law provides that when a voter claiming to be properly
registered but whose qualification or entitlement to vote cannot be
immediately established by examination of specified records, he or
she shall be entitled to vote a provisional ballot, and specifies
procedures for provisional voting.
   This bill would provide that these provisions shall be liberally
construed in favor of the provisional voter.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14312 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

   14312.  This article shall be liberally construed in favor of the
provisional voter.