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.