BILL NUMBER:  SB 1434
  VETOED	DATE: 08/23/2010




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1434 without my signature.

This bill creates a rebuttable presumption that allows a county
elections official to process a voter registration form when an
individual leaves the "U.S. state or foreign country of birth"
section blank, as long as the box certifying he or she is a citizen
of the United States has been checked and signed.

A person's citizenship, not their state or country of birth
determines their eligibility to vote.  The uniform federal
application recognizes this fact and does not require this
information; including it on the state form is unnecessary.  As a
naturalized citizen of this great country, my place of birth did not
deter my registration eligibility and I am proud to exercise my right
to vote.

Allowing registrants to leave the "U.S. state or foreign country of
birth" section blank would render it useless.  The most direct fix to
the discrepancy between the state and federal forms is to remove the
line from the state form.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger