BILL NUMBER: AB 2371	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 12172.8 to the Government Code, relating to
the Secretary of State.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2371, as introduced, Anderson. Secretary of State: voter
registration fraud.
   Existing law makes the Secretary of State the chief elections
officer of the state and requires the Secretary of State to see that
state election laws are enforced. Under existing law, if the
Secretary of State concludes that the state election laws are not
being enforced, the Secretary of State must call the violation to the
attention of the district attorney or the Attorney General.
   This bill would impose additional duties on the Secretary of State
when a county registrar makes a written complaint alleging voter
registration fraud to the Secretary of State.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12172.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   12172.8.  If a county registrar of voters makes a written
complaint alleging that voter registration fraud has occurred within
his or her county to the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State
shall do both of the following:
   (a) Acknowledge in writing receipt of the complaint to the county
registrar of voters who made the complaint, within five days of its
receipt.
   (b) Determine whether the relevant provision of the Elections Code
or other law alleged to be violated is being enforced. If the
Secretary of State determines that the provision is not being
enforced, the Secretary of State, within 60 calendar days of receipt
of the written complaint, shall bring the alleged violation to the
attention of the district attorney of the county or the Attorney
General, and shall notify the county registrar of voters who made the
complaint that the alleged violation has been forwarded to the
appropriate prosecuting authority.