BILL NUMBER: SB 505 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Mendoza FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to amend Section 14312 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 505, as introduced, Mendoza. Provisional voting. Existing law allows a voter to cast a provisional ballot. Existing law requires that statutes relating to provisional voting be liberally construed in favor of the voter. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision. 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 14312 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 14312. This article shall be liberally construed in favor ofthea provisional voter.