BILL NUMBER: AB 2467	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 3006 and
 3007.5 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2467, as amended, Monning. Elections: vote by mail.
    Exiting   Existing  law permits a voter
to apply to his or her elections official for a vote by mail ballot
between the 29th and the 7th day prior to an election. Existing law
requires the Secretary of State to prepare and distribute to
appropriate elections officials a uniform electronic application for
a vote by mail ballot. Existing law requires  a printed
application for a vote by mail ballot that is to be distributed to
voters and  the uniform electronic application  prepared by
the Secretary of State  to contain space to provide specified
information, including the date on which the application must be
received by the elections official prior to the election. Existing
law also requires  a printed application and  the uniform
electronic application to contain specified statements related to
voting.
   This bill would delete the requirement that  a printed
application and  the uniform electronic application contain
space to include the date on which the application is due and would
instead  provide   require  that 
the uniform electronic   an  application state that
the application is due 7 days prior to the election. The bill would
provide that the specified statements related to voting be
substantially similar to those statements currently found in 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 3006 of the  
Elections Code   is amended to read: 
   3006.  (a)  Any   A  printed application
that is to be distributed to  voters   a voter
 for requesting  a  vote by mail  ballots
  voter's ballot shall inform the voter that the
application for the   vote by mail voter's ballot must be
received by the elections official not later than seven days prior to
the date of the election and  shall contain spaces for the
following:
   (1) The printed name and residence address of the voter as it
appears on the affidavit of registration.
   (2) The address to which the ballot is to be mailed.
   (3) The voter's signature.
   (4) The name and date of the election for which the request is to
be made. 
   (5) The date the application must be received by the elections
official. 
   (b) (1) The information required by paragraphs (1)  ,
  and  (4)  , and (5) of
subdivision (a) may be preprinted on the application. The information
required by paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) shall be
personally affixed by the voter.
   (2) An address, as required by paragraph (2) of subdivision (a),
may not be the address of  any   a 
political party, a political campaign headquarters, or a candidate's
residence. However, a candidate, his or her spouse, immediate family
members, and any other voter who shares the same residence address as
the candidate may request that a vote by mail ballot be mailed to
the candidate's residence address.
   (3)  Any   An  application that contains
preprinted information shall contain a conspicuously printed
statement,  as follows   substantially similar
to the following:  "You have the legal right to mail or deliver
this application directly to the local elections official of the
county where you reside."
   (c) The application shall inform the voter that if he or she is
not affiliated with a political party, the voter may request a vote
by mail ballot for a particular political party for the primary
election, if that political party has adopted a party rule, duly
noticed to the Secretary of State, authorizing that vote. The
application shall contain a toll-free telephone number, established
by the Secretary of State, that the voter may call to access
information regarding which political parties have adopted such a
rule. The application shall contain a checkoff box with a
conspicuously printed statement that reads,  as follows
  substantially similar to the following  : "I am
not presently affiliated with any political party. However, for this
primary election only, I request a vote by mail ballot for the
_________ Party." The name of the political party shall be personally
affixed by the voter.
   (d) The application shall provide the voters with information
concerning the procedure for establishing permanent vote by mail
voter status, and the basis upon which permanent vote by mail voter
status is claimed.
   (e) The application shall be attested to by the voter as to the
truth and correctness of its content, and shall be signed under
penalty of perjury.
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 3007.5 of
the Elections Code is amended to read:
   3007.5.  (a) The Secretary of State shall prepare and distribute
to appropriate elections officials a uniform electronic application
format for a vote by mail voter's ballot that conforms to this
section.
   (b) The uniform electronic application shall inform the voter that
the application for the vote by mail voter's ballot must be received
by the elections official not later than seven days prior to the
date of the election and shall contain spaces for at least the
following information:
   (1) The name and residence address of the registered voter as it
appears on the affidavit of registration.
   (2) The address to which the ballot is to be mailed.
   (3) The name and date of the election for which the request is
made.
   (4) The date of birth of the registered voter.
   (c) The uniform electronic application shall inform the voter that
if he or she is not affiliated with a political party, the voter may
request a vote by mail ballot for a particular political party for
the primary election, if that political party has adopted a party
rule, duly noticed to the Secretary of State, authorizing that vote.
The application shall contain a toll-free telephone number,
established by the Secretary of State, that the voter may call to
access information regarding which political parties have adopted
such a rule. The application shall list the parties that have
notified the Secretary of State of the adoption of such a rule. The
application shall contain a checkoff box with a conspicuously printed
statement that reads substantially similar to the following: "I am
not presently affiliated with any political party. However, for this
primary election only, I request a vote by mail ballot for the ____
Party." The name of the political party shall be personally affixed
by the voter.
   (d) The uniform electronic application shall contain a
conspicuously printed statement substantially similar to the
following: "Only the registered voter himself or herself may apply
for a vote by mail ballot. An application for a vote by mail ballot
made by a person other than the registered voter is a criminal
offense."
   (e) The uniform electronic application shall include a statement
substantially similar to the following: "A ballot will not be sent to
you if this application is incomplete or inaccurate."
   (f) The uniform electronic application format shall not permit the
form to be electronically submitted unless all of the information
required to complete the application is contained in the appropriate
fields.