BILL NUMBER: AB 2152 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gray
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)
(Coauthors: Senators Cannella and Galgiani)
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 13109 of the Elections
Code, relating to elections, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2152, as introduced, Gray. Elections: ballots: ballot order.
Existing law requires all voting to be by ballot and requires each
polling place to provide, at each election at which public officers
are to be voted for, but one form of ballot for all candidates for
public office, except for partisan primary elections, as specified.
Existing law specifies the order of precedence of offices on the
ballot and authorizes a county elections official to vary the order
for certain offices and measures submitted to the voters, in order to
allow for the most efficient use of space on the ballot in counties
that use a voting system, as defined. Existing law requires state
measures to always precede local measures.
This bill, for the November 8, 2016, statewide general election
only, would authorize a county board of supervisors to direct the
county elections official to place a local measure related to a local
transportation tax above state measures.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 13109 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
13109. The order of precedence of offices on the ballot shall be
as listed below for those offices and measures that apply to the
election for which this the ballot is
provided. Beginning in the column to the left:
(a) Under the heading, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT:
Nominees of the qualified political parties and independent
nominees for President and Vice President.
(b) Under the heading, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
(1) Names of the presidential candidates to whom the delegates are
pledged.
(2) Names of the chairpersons of unpledged delegations.
(c) Under the heading, STATE:
(1) Governor.
(2) Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Secretary of State.
(4) Controller.
(5) Treasurer.
(6) Attorney General.
(7) Insurance Commissioner.
(8) Member, State Board of Equalization.
(d) Under the heading, UNITED STATES SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the United States Senate.
(e) Under the heading, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE:
Candidates or nominees to the House of Representatives of the
United States.
(f) Under the heading, STATE SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the State Senate.
(g) Under the heading, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY:
Candidates or nominees to the Assembly.
(h) Under the heading, COUNTY COMMITTEE:
Members of the County Central Committee.
(i) Under the heading, JUDICIAL:
(1) Chief Justice of California.
(2) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
(3) Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal.
(4) Associate Justice, Court of Appeal.
(5) Judge of the Superior Court.
(6) Marshal.
(j) Under the heading, SCHOOL:
(1) Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(2) County Superintendent of Schools.
(3) County Board of Education Members.
(4) College District Governing Board Members.
(5) Unified District Governing Board Members.
(6) High School District Governing Board Members.
(7) Elementary District Governing Board Members.
(k) Under the heading, COUNTY:
(1) County Supervisor.
(2) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
( l ) Under the heading, CITY:
(1) Mayor.
(2) Member, City Council.
(3) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
(m) Under the heading, DISTRICT:
Directors or trustees for each district in alphabetical order
according to the name of the district.
(n) Under the heading, MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS and the
appropriate heading from subdivisions (a) through (m), above, ballot
measures in the order, state through district shown above, and within
each jurisdiction, in the order prescribed by the official
certifying them for the ballot.
(o) (1) In order to allow for the most
efficient use of space on the ballot in counties that use a voting
system, as defined in Section 362, the county elections official may
vary the order of subdivisions (j), (k), ( l ), (m), and
(n) as well as the order of offices within these subdivisions.
However, the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
always precede any school, county, or city office, and state measures
shall always precede local measures.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for the November 8, 2016,
statewide general election only, a county board of supervisors may
direct the county elections official to place a local measure related
to a local transportation tax above state measures.
(p) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. Section 13109 is added to the Elections Code, to read:
13109. The order of precedence of offices on the ballot shall be
as listed below for those offices and measures that apply to the
election for which the ballot is provided. Beginning in the column to
the left:
(a) Under the heading, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT:
Nominees of the qualified political parties and independent
nominees for President and Vice President.
(b) Under the heading, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
(1) Names of the presidential candidates to whom the delegates are
pledged.
(2) Names of the chairpersons of unpledged delegations.
(c) Under the heading, STATE:
(1) Governor.
(2) Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Secretary of State.
(4) Controller.
(5) Treasurer.
(6) Attorney General.
(7) Insurance Commissioner.
(8) Member, State Board of Equalization.
(d) Under the heading, UNITED STATES SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the United States Senate.
(e) Under the heading, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE:
Candidates or nominees to the House of Representatives of the
United States.
(f) Under the heading, STATE SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the State Senate.
(g) Under the heading, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY:
Candidates or nominees to the Assembly.
(h) Under the heading, COUNTY COMMITTEE:
Members of the County Central Committee.
(i) Under the heading, JUDICIAL:
(1) Chief Justice of California.
(2) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
(3) Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal.
(4) Associate Justice, Court of Appeal.
(5) Judge of the Superior Court.
(6) Marshal.
(j) Under the heading, SCHOOL:
(1) Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(2) County Superintendent of Schools.
(3) County Board of Education Members.
(4) College District Governing Board Members.
(5) Unified District Governing Board Members.
(6) High School District Governing Board Members.
(7) Elementary District Governing Board Members.
(k) Under the heading, COUNTY:
(1) County Supervisor.
(2) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
( l ) Under the heading, CITY:
(1) Mayor.
(2) Member, City Council.
(3) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
(m) Under the heading, DISTRICT:
Directors or trustees for each district in alphabetical order
according to the name of the district.
(n) Under the heading, MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS and the
appropriate heading from subdivisions (a) through (m), above, ballot
measures in the order, state through district shown above, and within
each jurisdiction, in the order prescribed by the official
certifying them for the ballot.
(o) In order to allow for the most efficient use of space on the
ballot in counties that use a voting system, as defined in Section
362, the county elections official may vary the order of subdivisions
(j), (k), ( l ), (m), and (n) as well as the order of
offices within these subdivisions. However, the office of
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall always precede any school,
county, or city office, and state measures shall always precede
local measures.
(p) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order for county boards of supervisors and county elections
officials to have sufficient time to implement the provisions of this
bill prior to the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, it
is necessary that this act take effect immediately.