BILL NUMBER:  AB 145
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2012




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 145 without my signature.

Registration and voting fraud are issues raised not only in
California but across the country.  It is fundamental that we
encourage both registration and voting to the maximum degree while,
at the same time, carefully protecting the integrity of the process.


The provisions of this bill attempt to ban paying people to obtain
voter registration "directly or indirectly on a per-affidavit basis."


Current California law provides criminal penalties for voter
registration fraud.  Without more convincing evidence that per-card
incentives hurt the democratic process, I am not prepared to ban
them.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.