BILL NUMBER: AB 2358	CHAPTERED  08/28/06

	CHAPTER  191
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 28, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 28, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 11, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Saldana

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to amend Section 3011 of the Elections Code, relating to
absentee ballots.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2358, Saldana  Absentee ballots: identification envelope.
   Existing law requires an elections official to count only those
absentee ballots returned by mail that are received by the elections
official or delivered to a polling place by the close of the polls on
the day of the election that contain specified information on the
identification envelope.
   This bill would prohibit an absentee voter's party affiliation
from being stamped or printed on the identification envelope except
at a primary election for partisan office.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 3011 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   3011.  (a) The identification envelope shall contain all of the
following:
   (1) A declaration, under penalty of perjury, stating that the
voter resides within the precinct in which he or she is voting and is
the person whose name appears on the envelope.
   (2) The signature of the voter.
   (3) The residence address of the voter as shown on the affidavit
of registration.
   (4) The date of signing.
   (5) A notice that the envelope contains an official ballot and is
to be opened only by the canvassing board.
   (6) A warning plainly stamped or printed on it that voting twice
constitutes a crime.
   (7) A warning plainly stamped or printed on it that the voter must
sign the envelope in his or her own handwriting in order for the
ballot to be counted.
   (8) A statement that the voter has neither applied, nor intends to
apply, for an absent voter's ballot from any other jurisdiction for
the same election.
   (9) The name of the person authorized by the voter to return the
absentee ballot pursuant to Section 3017.
   (10) The relationship to the voter of the person authorized to
return the absentee ballot.
   (11) The signature of the person authorized to return the absentee
ballot.
   (b) Except at a primary election for partisan office, and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the absentee voter's
party affiliation may not be stamped or printed on the identification
envelope.