BILL NUMBER: AB 1414	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 2157 of the Elections Code, relating to
voter registration.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 2157 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   2157.  (a) Subject to this chapter, the paper affidavit of
registration shall be in a form prescribed by regulations adopted by
the Secretary of State. The affidavit shall comply with all of the
following:
   (1) Contain the information prescribed in Section 2150.
   (2) Be sufficiently uniform among the  separate 
 different  counties to allow for the processing and use by
one county of an affidavit completed in another county.
   (3) Allow for the inclusion of informational language to meet the
specific needs of that county, including, but not limited to, the
return address of the elections official in that county, and a
telephone number at which a voter can obtain elections information in
that county.
   (4) Be included on one portion of a multipart card, to be known as
a voter registration card, the other portions of which shall include
information sufficient to facilitate completion and mailing of the
affidavit. The affidavit portion of the multipart card shall be
numbered according to regulations adopted by the Secretary of State.
For purposes of facilitating the distribution of voter registration
cards as provided in Section 2158, there shall be attached to the
affidavit portion a receipt. The receipt shall be separated from the
body of the affidavit by a perforated line.
   (5) Contain, in a type size and color of ink that is clearly
distinguishable from surrounding text, a statement identical or
substantially similar to the following:
   "Certain voters facing life-threatening situations may qualify for
confidential voter status. For more information, please contact the
Secretary of State's Safe At Home program or visit the Secretary of
State's Web site."
   (6) Contain, in a type size and color of ink that is clearly
distinguishable from surrounding text, a statement that the use of
voter registration information for commercial purposes is a
misdemeanor pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2194 and Section
18109, and any suspected misuse shall be reported to the Secretary of
State.
   (7) Contain a toll-free fraud hotline telephone number maintained
by the Secretary of State that the public may use to report suspected
fraudulent activity concerning misuse of voter registration
information.
   (8) Be returnable to the county elections official as a
self-enclosed mailer with postage prepaid by the Secretary of State.
   (b) Nothing contained in this division shall prevent the use of
voter registration cards and affidavits of registration in existence
on the effective date of this section and produced pursuant to
regulations of the Secretary of State, and all references to voter
registration cards and affidavits in this division shall be applied
to the existing voter registration cards and affidavits of
registration.
   (c) The Secretary of State may continue to supply existing
affidavits of registration prior to printing new or revised forms
that reflect the changes required pursuant to this section, Section
2150, or Section 2160.
   (d)  An affidavit of registration shall not be submitted
electronically on a county's Internet Web site. However, a county may
provide a hyperlink on the county's Internet Web site to the
Secretary of State's electronic voter registration system.