BILL NUMBER: AB 530	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk-Silva

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 3001 of, and to add Section 3007.8 to, the
Elections Code, relating to vote by mail ballots.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 530, as introduced, Quirk-Silva. Vote by mail ballots:
telephone applications.
   Existing law requires that application for a vote by mail voter's
ballot be made in writing to the elections official having
jurisdiction over the election during a specified period prior to the
election, subject to specified exceptions.
   This bill would create an additional exception to this requirement
by authorizing a local elections official to offer a voter the
ability to apply for a vote by mail voter's ballot by telephone. The
bill would require a telephone applicant for a vote by mail voter's
ballot to provide specified information to the elections official.
   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 3001 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   3001.  Except as provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section
3200) and Sections 3007.5  and   ,  3007.7,
 and 3007.8,  application for a vote by mail voter's ballot
shall be made in writing to the elections official having
jurisdiction over the election between the 29th and the  7th
  seventh  day prior to the election. The
application shall be signed by the applicant and shall show his or
her place of residence. Any applications received by the elections
official prior to the 29th day shall be kept and processed during the
application period.
  SEC. 2.  Section 3007.8 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
   3007.8.  (a) A local elections official may offer a voter the
ability to apply for a vote by mail voter's ballot by telephone.
   (b) To apply by telephone, the applicant shall provide to the
elections official personal identifying information that matches the
information contained on the applicant's affidavit of registration,
including first and last name, home address, and date of birth. The
applicant's signature shall not be required.
   (c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all provisions
of this code governing written applications for vote by mail voter's
ballots shall apply to applications made by telephone.