BILL NUMBER: SB 920	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Anderson

                        JANUARY 27, 2016

   An act to amend Section 3025 of the Elections Code, relating to
elections.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 920, as introduced, Anderson. Vote by mail ballot drop off
locations.
   Existing law authorizes a vote by mail voter to return his or her
voted vote by mail ballot to the elections official from whom it came
at a vote by mail ballot drop-off location, as defined. Existing law
requires the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations on or
before January 1, 2017, establishing guidelines based on best
practices for security measures and procedures that a county
elections official may use if the county elections official
establishes one or more vote by mail ballot drop-off locations.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes 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 3025 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   3025.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "Vote by mail ballot drop box" means a secure receptacle
established by a county or city and county elections official
 whereby   at which  a voted vote by mail
ballot may be returned to the elections official from whom it was
obtained.
   (2) "Vote by mail ballot drop-off location" means a location
consisting of a secured vote by mail ballot drop box at which a voted
vote by mail ballot may be returned to the elections official from
whom it was obtained.
   (b) On or before January 1, 2017, the Secretary of State shall
promulgate regulations establishing guidelines based on best
practices for security measures and procedures, including, but not
limited to, chain of custody, pick-up times, proper labeling, and
security of the vote by mail ballot drop boxes, that a county
elections official may use if  the   that 
county elections official establishes one or more vote by mail ballot
drop-off locations.