BILL NUMBER: AB 1717	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member De Leon
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Hill)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Adams,  Block, Huffman,
Jeffries,  and Portantino   Lieu,  
Portantino,   and Solorio  )
   (Coauthor: Senator Alquist)

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2010

   An act to add Section 13300.7 to the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1717, as amended, De Leon. Ballot materials: electronic access.

   Existing law requires elections officials to provide a registered
voter with a sample ballot, voter pamphlet, directions to the nearest
polling place, and other ballot materials by mail within designated
timeframes before a primary or general election.
   This bill would authorize county and city elections officials, if
specified conditions are met, to establish procedures to allow a
voter to opt out of receiving his or her sample ballot and other
ballot materials by mail and instead obtain them via electronic means
such as e-mail or accessing them from a county's or city's Internet
Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 13300.7 is added to the Elections Code, to
read:
   13300.7.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, county and
city elections officials may establish procedures designed to permit
a voter to opt out of receiving his or her sample ballot, voter
pamphlet, notice of polling place, and associated materials by mail,
and instead obtain them electronically via e-mail or by accessing
them on the county's or city's Internet Web site, provided that all
of the following conditions are met:
   (a) The procedures establish a method of providing notice of and
an opportunity by which a voter can notify elections officials of his
or her desire to obtain ballot materials electronically in lieu of
receiving them by mail.
   (b) The voter e-mail address or any other information provided by
the voter under this section remains confidential pursuant to Section
6254.4 of the Government Code and Section 2194 of this code.
   (c) The procedures provide notice and opportunity for a voter who
has opted out of receiving a sample ballot and other materials by
mail to opt back into receiving them by mail. 
   (d) The procedures establish a process by which a voter can apply
electronically to become a vote by mail voter.