BILL NUMBER: AB 1335	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 25, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend  Section 8600   Sections 8203
and 8600  of the Elections Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1335, as amended, Lieu. Elections: write-in candidates.
   Existing law requires that write-in candidates submit a statement
to the appropriate elections official containing specified
information about their candidacy.
   This bill would require that a write-in candidate for the office
of superior court judge include on the statement his or her
compliance with certain eligibility provisions for a judge of a court
of record. 
   Existing law requires a petition to be signed by a certain number
of qualified register voter signatures when a write-in campaign will
be conducted for the office of superior court judge if only the
incumbent files nomination papers.  
   This bill would revise the number of qualified register voter
signatures required to be on these petitions. 
   Because the bill would change the duties of local elections
officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 8203 of the  
Elections Code   is amended to read: 
   8203.   (a)    In any county in which only the
incumbent has filed nomination papers for the office of superior
court judge, his or her name shall not appear on the ballot unless
there is filed with the elections official, within 10 days after the
final date for filing nomination papers for the office, a petition
indicating that a write-in campaign will be conducted for the office
and signed by  100   1 percent of the 
registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office  ,
  except that the petition must have not fewer than 100 and
does not need more than 1,000 signatures  .
    (b)    If a petition indicating that a write-in
campaign will be conducted for the office at the general election,
signed by  100   1 percent of the 
registered voters qualified to vote with respect to the office 
as required pursuant to subdivision (a)  , is filed with the
elections official not less than 83 days before the general election,
the name of the incumbent shall be placed on the general election
ballot if it has not appeared on the direct primary election ballot.
    (c)    If, in conformity with this section, the
name of the incumbent does not appear either on the primary ballot
or general election ballot, the elections official, on the day of the
general election, shall declare the incumbent reelected.
Certificates of election specified in Section 15401 or 15504 shall
not be issued to a person reelected pursuant to this section before
the day of the general election.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 8600 of
the Elections Code is amended to read:
   8600.  A person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have
his or her name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a
particular office shall file the following:
   (a) A statement of write-in candidacy that contains the following
information:
   (1) Candidate's name.
   (2) Residence address.
   (3) A declaration stating that he or she is a write-in candidate.
   (4) The title of the office for which he or she is running.
   (5) The party nomination which he or she seeks, if running in a
primary election.
   (6) The date of the election.
   (7) If for the office of superior court judge, a statement that
the person satisfies the eligibility requirements of Section 15 of
Article VI of the California Constitution.
   (b) The requisite number of signatures on the nomination papers,
if any, required pursuant to Section 8062, 10220, or 10510 or, in the
case of a special district not subject to the Uniform District
Election Law (Part 4 (commencing with Section 10500) of Division 10),
the number of signatures required by the principal act of the
district.
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   If the Commission on
State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by
the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for
those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section
17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.