BILL NUMBER: AB 1343	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 14, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 3206 of the Elections Code, relating to
vote by mail procedures.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1343, Fong. Vote by mail: procedures: permanent vote by mail
voters: failure to return ballot.
   Existing law provides for a voter to become qualified as a
permanent vote by mail voter. Under existing law, a permanent vote by
mail voter will be deleted from the list of qualified permanent vote
by mail voters if the voter fails to return an executed vote by mail
ballot in 2 consecutive statewide general elections.
   This bill would, instead, require that a permanent vote by mail
voter be removed from the list of qualified permanent vote by mail
voters if the voter fails to return an executed vote by mail ballot
in 4 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 vote by mail
voter list shall remain on the list and shall be mailed a vote by
mail 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 vote by mail ballot in four consecutive statewide general
elections in accordance with Section 3017 the voter's name shall be
deleted from the list.