AB 817, as introduced, Bonta. Elections officials.
Existing law authorizes a county elections official to appoint a registered voter to serve as a deputy registrar of voters for the purpose of registering voters. Existing law also authorizes an elections official to appoint any voter to serve as a precinct board member, as specified.
This bill would additionally authorize an elections official to appoint a person who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and who is otherwise eligible to register to vote, except for his or her lack of United States citizenship, to serve as a deputy registrar of voters or as a precinct board member.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 2109 of the Elections Code is amended
2to read:
begin deleteAny end deletebegin insertA end insertpersonbegin delete who is a registered voterend delete qualifies for
4appointment as a deputy registrar ofbegin delete voters.end deletebegin insert voters if he or she is
5a registered voter of the state, or if he or she is a lawful permanent
6resident of the United States and is otherwiseend insertbegin insert eligible to register
P2 1to vote
pursuant to Section 2101 except for his or her lack of United
2States citizenship.end insert
Section 12300 of the Elections Code is amended to
4read:
Any voterbegin insert, or any individual who possesses the
6qualifications set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 12302,end insert may
7file an application with the elections official for the position of
8precinct board member. The elections official may require the
9application be made on specific forms supplied by the elections
10official.
Section 12302 of the Elections Code is amended to
12read:
(a) Except as provided inbegin delete subdivision (b),end deletebegin insert subdivisions
14(b) and (c),end insert a member of a precinct board shall be a voter of the
15state. The member may serve only in the precinct for which his or
16her appointment is received.
17(b) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insert end insert In order to provide for a greater awareness of the
18elections process, the rights
and responsibilities of voters, and the
19importance of participating in the electoral process, as well as to
20provide additional members of precinct boards, an elections official
21may appoint not more than fivebegin delete pupilend deletebegin insert pupilsend insert per precinct to serve
22under the direct supervision of precinct board members designated
23by the elections official. A pupil may be appointed, notwithstanding
24his or her lack of eligibility to vote, subject to the approval of the
25governing board of the educational institution in which the pupil
26is enrolled, if the pupil possesses the following qualifications:
27(1)
end delete
28begin insert(A)end insert Is at least 16 years of age at the time of the electionbegin delete toend deletebegin insert forend insert
29 which he or she is serving as a member of a precinct board.
30(2)
end delete
31begin insert(B)end insert Is a United States citizen or will be a citizen at the time of
32the electionbegin delete toend deletebegin insert forend insert which he or she is serving as a member of a
33precinct board.
34(3)
end delete
35begin insert(C)end insert Is a pupil in good standing attending a public or private
36secondary educational institution.
37(4)
end delete
38begin insert(D)end insert Is a pupil who has a grade point average of at least 2.5 on
39a 4.0 scale.
40(c)
end delete
P3 1begin insert(2)end insert A pupil appointed pursuant tobegin insert thisend insert subdivisionbegin delete (b)end delete
may not
2be used by a precinct board to tally votes.
3(c) In order to promote civic engagement among residents of
4the state and to provide additional members of precinct boards,
5an elections official may appoint not more than five nonvoters per
6precinct to serve as precinct board members. A nonvoter may be
7appointed, notwithstanding his or her lack of eligibility to vote, if
8the nonvoter possesses the following qualifications:
9(1) Is a lawful permanent resident of the United States.
end insertbegin insert
10(2) Is otherwise eligible to register to vote pursuant to Section
112101 except for his or her lack of United States citizenship.
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