BILL NUMBER: SB 967	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 14, 2008
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 17, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2007

   An act to amend Section 12223 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 967, Simitian. Election precincts.
   Existing law requires the boundaries of an election precinct to be
fixed such that it contains no more than 1,000 voters on the 88th
day prior to the election.
   This bill would authorize a local elections official to subtract
permanent vote by mail voters from that total.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12223 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   12223.  (a) Whenever a jurisdiction is divided into election
precincts or whenever the boundary of an established precinct is
changed or a new precinct is created, the precinct boundary shall be
fixed in a manner so that the number of voters in the precinct does
not exceed 1,000 on the 88th day prior to the day of election, unless
otherwise provided by law.
   (b) An elections official may subtract the number of permanent
vote by mail voters, pursuant to Chapter 3 of Division 3, from the
total number of voters for purposes of complying with subdivision (a)
if after subtracting the number of permanent vote by mail voters,
the number of voters in the precinct does not exceed the percentage
of nonpermanent vote by mail voters in the jurisdiction on the 88th
day prior to the election multiplied by 1,000, unless otherwise
provided by law.