BILL NUMBER:  AB 2371
  VETOED	DATE: 08/23/2010




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2371 without my signature.

This bill requires the Secretary of State to acknowledge, in writing,
the receipt of a complaint of an alleged Elections Code violation
within 21 days.

The Secretary of State is the Chief Elections Officer in California
and is tasked with ensuring that the state's elections laws are
enforced.  This responsibility is not taken lightly and the current
practice of the Secretary of State is to reply to all complaints in
the timeline required by this bill.  Therefore this bill is
unnecessary.

For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger