AB 1414, as introduced, Grove. Voter registration: requirements.
Existing law sets forth the procedures for registering to vote and processing voter registration information and requires the Secretary of State to adopt regulations that prescribe the form of the voter’s affidavit of registration.
This bill would make a 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 2157 of the Elections Code is amended
2to read:
(a) Subject to this chapter, the paper affidavit of
4registration shall be in a form prescribed by regulations adopted
5by the Secretary of State. The affidavit shall comply with all of
6the following:
7(1) Contain the information prescribed in Section 2150.
8(2) Be sufficiently uniform among thebegin delete separateend deletebegin insert differentend insert counties
9to allow for the processing and use by one county of an affidavit
10completed in another county.
P2 1(3) Allow for the inclusion of
informational language to meet
2the specific needs of that county, including, but not limited to, the
3return address of the elections official in that county, and a
4telephone number at which a voter can obtain elections information
5in that county.
6(4) Be included on one portion of a multipart card, to be known
7as a voter registration card, the other portions of which shall include
8information sufficient to facilitate completion and mailing of the
9affidavit. The affidavit portion of the multipart card shall be
10numbered according to regulations adopted by the Secretary of
11State. For purposes of facilitating the distribution of voter
12registration cards as provided in Section 2158, there shall be
13attached to the affidavit portion a receipt. The receipt shall be
14separated from the body of the affidavit by a perforated line.
15(5) Contain, in a type size and color of ink that is clearly
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distinguishable from surrounding text, a statement identical or
17substantially similar to the following:
18“Certain voters facing life-threatening situations may qualify
19for confidential voter status. For more information, please contact
20the Secretary of State’s Safe At Home program or visit the
21Secretary of State’s Web site.”
22(6) Contain, in a type size and color of ink that is clearly
23distinguishable from surrounding text, a statement that the use of
24voter registration information for commercial purposes is a
25misdemeanor pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2194 and
26Section 18109, and any suspected misuse shall be reported to the
27Secretary of State.
28(7) Contain a toll-free fraud hotline telephone number
29maintained by the Secretary of State that the public may use to
30report suspected fraudulent activity concerning misuse of voter
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registration information.
32(8) Be returnable to the county elections official as a
33self-enclosed mailer with postage prepaid by the Secretary of State.
34(b) Nothing contained in this division shall prevent the use of
35voter registration cards and affidavits of registration in existence
36on the effective date of this section and produced pursuant to
37regulations of the Secretary of State, and all references to voter
38registration cards and affidavits in this division shall be applied to
39the existing voter registration cards and affidavits of registration.
P3 1(c) The Secretary of State may continue to supply existing
2affidavits of registration prior to printing new or revised forms
3that reflect the changes required pursuant to this section, Section
42150, or Section 2160.
5(d) An affidavit of registration shall not be submitted
6electronically on a county’s Internet Web site. However, a county
7may provide a hyperlink on the county’s Internet Web site to the
8Secretary of State’s electronic voter registration system.
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