AB 1494, as amended, Levine. Voting: marked ballots.
Existing law prohibits a voter from showing his or her ballotbegin insert to any personend insert after it is marked in such a way as to reveal its contents. Existing law provides that a person who interferes or attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting is guilty of a felony, and authorizes the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, or a local elections official to bring an action to impose additional civil penalties for committing those acts.
This bill wouldbegin delete authorizeend deletebegin insert clarify thatend insert a voterbegin delete toend deletebegin insert
mayend insert
voluntarily disclose how he or she votedbegin delete or distribute an image of his or her own marked ballotend delete if that voluntary act does not violate any other law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 14276 of the Elections Code is repealed.
Section 14291 of the Elections Code is amended to
3read:
(a) After the ballot is marked, a voter shall not show
5it to any person in a manner that reveals itsbegin delete contents, except as begin insert contents.end insert
6provided in subdivision (b).end delete
7(b) A voter may voluntarily disclose how he or she votedbegin delete or if that voluntary
8distribute an image of his or her own marked ballotend delete
9act does not violate any other law.
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