BILL NUMBER: AB 1717	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2010
	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,
Lieu, Portantino, and Solorio)
   (  Coauthor:   Senator  
Alquist   Coauthors:   Senators  
Alquist  and DeSaulnier  )

                        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  and deadlines  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. 
   (e) A voter may only opt out of, or opt back into, receiving his
or her sample ballot and other ballot materials by mail if the
elections official receives the request and can process it prior to
the statutory deadline for the mailing of those materials for the
next election, pursuant to Section 13303. If a voter misses this
deadline, the request shall take effect the following election. 

   (f) The procedures must include a verification process to confirm
the voter's identity, either in writing with a signature card that
can be matched to the one on file with elections officials, or if the
request is submitted electronically, it shall contain the voter's
California driver's license number, California identification number,
or a partial social security number.