BILL NUMBER: SB 401	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Salas)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to amend Section 100.5 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 401, as introduced, Rubio. Ballot measure petitions and papers:
signatures.
   Under existing law, whenever an initiative, referendum, recall, or
nominating petition or paper, or any other petition or paper, is
required to be signed by voters of a county, city, school district,
or special district, a voter signing the petition or paper must
personally affix his or her signature, printed name, and place of
residence on the petition or paper. However, if the voter is unable
to personally affix that information, existing law permits another
person to print the voter's name and place of residence on the
petition or paper, but the voter must personally affix his or her
mark or signature on the petition or paper, which must be witnessed
by one person who subscribes his or her name on the petition or
paper.
   This bill would delete the requirement that the voter be unable to
personally affix his or her information in order to request that
another person print the voter's name and place of residence on the
petition or paper. This bill would also delete the requirement that a
witness subscribe his or her name on the petition or paper and would
instead require the person who assists the voter in completing the
petition or paper to sign and date the petition or paper below the
signature of the voter.
   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 100.5 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

   100.5.  Notwithstanding Section 100, a voter  who is
unable to personally affix on a petition or paper the information
required by Section 100  may request another person to print
the voter's name and place of residence on the appropriate spaces of
the petition or paper, but the voter shall personally affix his or
her mark or signature on the appropriate space of the petition or
 paper, which shall be witnessed by one person by subscribing
his or her name thereon   paper. A person who assists
the voter in printing the voter's name or place of residence on the
petition or paper   shall sign and date the petition or
paper below the signature of the voter  .