BILL NUMBER: AB 887	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to  amend Section 8204 of the   add
Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 3050) to Division 3 of the 
Elections Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 887, as amended, Ting.  Primary election nominations:
judicial officers.   Electronic ballot transmission.
 
   Existing law requires that a vote by mail ballot be available to
any registered voter. Under existing law, a voter may: (1) return the
vote by mail ballot by mail or in person to the elections official
from whom it came; (2) return the vote by mail ballot in person to a
member of a precinct board at a polling place within the
jurisdiction, or (3), if unable to return the vote by mail ballot,
designate his or her spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild,
brother, sister, or a person residing in the same household as the
vote by mail voter to return the ballot to the elections official
from whom it came or to the precinct board at a polling place within
the jurisdiction.  
   This bill would authorize an elections official to send a voter a
ballot by secure electronic transmission for an election conducted
wholly within the county. This bill would also require a voter who
receives a ballot in this manner to print the ballot for return to
the elections official.  
   Existing law establishes the procedures by which candidates for
judicial office are nominated. For a candidate's name to be included
on the ballot at a direct primary election, existing law requires the
candidate to deliver to the county elections official a declaration
of candidacy and nomination papers not later than 5 p.m. on the 88th
day prior to the primary election. However, existing law provides an
additional 5 days to file nomination papers for a judicial office if
the incumbent of the office dies on or before the last day prescribed
for the filing of nomination papers, or files a declaration of
intention but fails to file his or her nomination papers by the last
day prescribed for the filing of the papers.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions. 
   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.    Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section
3050) is added to Division 3 of the   Elections Code 
 , to read:  
      CHAPTER 1.5.  ELECTRONIC BALLOT TRANSMISSION


   3050.  (a) An elections official may send a voter a ballot by
secure electronic transmission if the election is conducted wholly
within the county.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 8204 of the Elections Code
is amended to read:
   8204.  (a) If an incumbent of a judicial office dies on or before
the last day prescribed for the filing of nomination papers, or files
a declaration of intention but for any reason fails to file his or
her nomination papers by the last day prescribed for the filing of
the papers, an additional five days shall be allowed for the filing
of nomination papers for the office.
   (b) A person other than the person who was the incumbent, if
otherwise qualified, may file nomination papers for the office during
the extended period, notwithstanding that he or she has not filed a
written and signed declaration of intention to become a candidate for
the office as provided in Sections 8023 and 8201.