BILL NUMBER:  AB 330
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 330 without my signature.

This bill would require a county elections official to provide at
least five days of public notice prior to performing tests on vote
tabulating devices.  I support efforts to increase public
participation in the elections process and have signed legislation
allowing access for citizen organizations and the media to observe
the preparation and operation of vote tabulating devices.  However,
creating a state-mandate, as this bill does, is unnecessary.  Nothing
under current law prohibits interested parties from inquiring about
the time and place of testing or programming of tabulation devices.
Those that wish to observe the process can contact their local
elections official to obtain the information.

For these reasons I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger