AB 269, as amended, Grove. Vote by mail ballotsbegin insert: military or overseas votersend insert.
begin insertExisting law requires that a vote by mail ballot be received by the issuing elections official or the precinct board no later than the close of polls on election day.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would make an exception for military or overseas voters, as defined, and would instead require that their vote by mail ballots be postmarked by the United States Postal Service or the Military Postal Service Agency on or before election day and received by their elections officials no later than 3 days after election day.
end insertbegin insertBecause the bill would impose additional duties on local elections officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
end insertbegin insertThe California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
end insertExisting law makes the vote by mail ballot available to any registered voter. Existing law requires that those vote by mail ballots be received by the elections officials from whom they were obtained or by the precinct boards before the polls close on election day in order to be counted.
end deleteExisting law authorizes certain local, special, or consolidated elections to be conducted wholly by mail, so long as specified conditions are satisfied. Existing law requires ballots cast in these vote by mail elections to be returned to the elections official from whom they were obtained no later than 8 p.m. on election day.
end deleteThis bill would, notwithstanding the above provisions, provide that any vote by mail ballot is timely cast if it is received by the voter’s elections official no later than 3 days after election day and the ballot is postmarked on or before election day or is time stamped or date stamped by a bona fide private mail delivery company on or before election day.
end deleteBecause the bill would expand the duties of local elections officials, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
end deleteThe California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
end deleteThis bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
end deleteVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 3117 of the end insertbegin insertElections Codeend insertbegin insert is repealed.end insert
A valid ballot cast shall be counted if it is received by
3the elections official by the time the polls close on the day of the
4election.
begin insertSection 3117 is added to the end insertbegin insertElections Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
begin insertNotwithstanding Section 3020 or 4103, or any other law,
7a vote by mail ballot of a military or overseas voter is timely cast
8if it is postmarked by the United States Postal Service or the
9Military Postal Service Agency on or before election day and
10received by the voter’s elections official no later than three days
11after election day.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
13this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
14local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
15pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
164 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
Section 3020 of the Elections Code is amended
18to read:
(a) All vote by mail ballots cast under this division shall
20be received by the elections official from whom they were obtained
21or by the precinct board no later than the close of the polls on
22election day.
23(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any vote by mail ballot
24cast under this division shall be timely cast if it is received by the
25voter’s elections official no later than three days after election day
26and the ballot is postmarked on or before election day or is time
27stamped or date stamped by a bona fide private mail delivery
28company on or before election day.
Section 3117 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
A valid ballot cast shall be counted if it is received by
31the elections official in accordance with Section 3020.
Section 4103 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 3020, ballots cast under
34this chapter shall be returned to the elections official from whom
35they were obtained no later than 8 p.m. on election day.
36(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any vote by mail ballot
37cast under this chapter shall be timely cast if it is received by the
38voter’s elections official no later than three days after election day
P4 1and the ballot is postmarked on or before election day or is time
2stamped or date stamped by a bona fide private mail delivery
3company on or before election day.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
5this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
6local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
7pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
84 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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