Amended in Assembly March 21, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1117

Introduced by Assembly Member Donnelly

February 22, 2013

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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1117, as amended, Donnelly. begin delete Vote by mail ballots. end delete begin insert Initiative petitions: electronic access. end insert

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Existing law specifies the process by which a statewide initiative measure may be qualified for the ballot, and requires the Secretary of State to prepare and provide to any person, on request, a pamphlet describing certain aspects of that process.

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This bill would require the Secretary of State to make available the petition for an initiative or referendum measure that is currently in circulation in a format that can be downloaded from the official Internet Web site of the Secretary of State and printed so a voter may sign the petition and submit it to the proponent or proponents by mail. The bill would require the Secretary of State to provide the mailing address where a signed petition can be sent and make that address available to the public on the Secretary of State’s official Internet Web site.

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Existing law requires that a vote by mail ballot be available to any registered voter.

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This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert Section 9014.5 is added to the end insert begin insert Elections Code end insert begin insert ,
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The Secretary of State shall make available the petition
for an initiative or referendum measure that is currently in
circulation in a format that can be downloaded from the official
Internet Web site of the Secretary of State and printed so a voter
may sign the petition and submit it to the proponent or proponents
by mail. The Secretary of State shall provide the mailing address
where a signed petition can be sent and make that mailing address
available to the public on the Secretary of State’s official Internet
Web site.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 3003 of the Elections Code is amended
to read:

3003.  

A vote by mail ballot shall be available to any registered
voter.

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