BILL NUMBER:  SB 205
  VETOED	DATE: 10/07/2011




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 205 without my signature.

I understand the author's desire to stop fraudulent voter
registration. But I don't believe this bill ? which makes it a crime
to pay people for registering voters based on the number of
registrations they secure ? will help.

Voting is at the heart of our democracy.  Efforts to register voters
should be encouraged, not criminalized.


Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.