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                                                                  AB 2467
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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2467 (Monning)
          As Amended  July 15, 2010
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |71-0 |(May 10, 2010)  |SENATE: |23-10|(August 11,    |
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           Original Committee Reference:    E. & R.

          SUMMARY  :   Deletes the requirement that an electronic vote by  
          mail (VBM) application include the date the application must be  
          received by the elections officials.   Specifically,  this bill  : 

          1)Requires an electronic application for a VBM ballot to inform  
            the voter that the application for the VBM ballot must be  
            received by the elections official not later than seven days  
            prior to the date of the election.

          2)Makes other clarifying changes to statements on the electronic  
            VBM application.

           The Senate amendments  :

          1)Require a printed application for a VBM ballot to inform the  
            voter that the application for the VBM ballot must be received  
            by the elections official not later than seven days prior to  
            the date of the election.

          2)Make clarifying changes to the format for a printed  
            application for a VBM ballot.

          3)Make minor changes to the format of the application that a  
            permanent VBM voter who is not affiliated with a political  
            party uses to request a partisan ballot at a primary election.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill was similar to the version  
          approved by the Senate.
           
          FISCAL EFFECT  :   Keyed non-fiscal by the Legislative Counsel.

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, "AB 2467 simplifies the  
          process of filling out a vote-by-mail ballot application by  








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          eliminating the requirement that the voter know and fill in  
          specific dates when submitting the application.  The Secretary  
          of State posts the required format for a statewide vote-by-mail  
          ballot application online.  County election officials must  
          follow this format when distributing vote-by-mail ballot  
          applications and by law, the voter has to fill in the correct  
          date of the election, as well as the correct date for the last  
          day the application must be received.  AB 2467 simply clarifies  
          and makes the process of filling out a vote-by-mail ballot  
          application more user friendly for voters."


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Ethan Jones & Qiana Charles / E. & R. /  
          (916) 319-2094 

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