BILL NUMBER: SB 39	CHAPTERED  07/25/05

	CHAPTER  113
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 25, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 25, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 7, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 5, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 23, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Murray
   (Coauthors: Senators Alquist, Chesbro, and Kuehl)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Dymally, Koretz, Maze, Oropeza, and
Pavley)

                        DECEMBER 21, 2004

   An act to amend Section 3206 of the Elections Code, relating to
absentee voting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 39, Murray  Absentee voting.
   Existing law requires that a voter's name be deleted from the
permanent absent voter list if he or she fails to return an absentee
ballot for any statewide general election.
   This bill would instead require that a voter's name be deleted
only if he or she fails to return an absentee ballot for 2
consecutive statewide general elections.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 3206 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   3206.  A voter whose name appears on the permanent absent voter
list shall remain on the list and shall be mailed an absentee ballot
for each election conducted within his or her precinct in which he or
she is eligible to vote. If the voter fails to return an executed
absent voter ballot in two consecutive statewide general elections in
accordance with Section 3017 the voter's name shall be deleted from
the list.