Senate Bill No. 44

CHAPTER 277

An act to add Section 2198 to the Elections Code, relating to voter registration.

[Approved by Governor September 9, 2013. Filed with Secretary of State September 9, 2013.]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 44, Yee. State Internet Web sites: online voter registration.

Existing law, operative when the Secretary of State certifies that the state has a statewide voter registration database that complies with the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 or executes a declaration stating that certain specified conditions have occurred, provides for voter registration electronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.

This bill would require each Internet Web site maintained by the state to include a hyperlink on the site’s homepage to the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 2198 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

2198.  

Each Internet Web site maintained by the state shall include a hyperlink on the site’s homepage to the online voter registration page of the Internet Web site of the Secretary of State.



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