AB 1436 — Voter registration.

Summary

Existing law establishes procedures regarding the registration of voters. Under existing law, a person may not be registered to vote except by affidavit of registration, and a voter may not vote in an election unless his or her affidavit of registration is executed and received by the county elections official on or before the 15th day prior to the election. Existing law permits any registered voter to vote by a vote by mail ballot, and further permits any voter using a vote by mail ballot to vote the ballot at the office of the elections official beginning 29 days before the election. Existing law requires that the affidavit of registration show facts necessary to establish the affiant as an elector, as specified, and provides that if the affiant has not been issued a current and valid driver's license or social security number, he or she shall be provided a unique identification number for voter registration purposes. This bill would establish conditional voter registration, using an affidavit of registration, whereby a person would be permitted to register to vote after the 15th day prior to an election or on election day, and cast a provisional ballot to be counted if the conditional voter registration is deemed effective. This bill would provide that a conditional voter registration shall be deemed effective if the county elections official is able to determine before or during the canvass period for the election that the registrant is eligible to register to vote and that the registrant has provided information that matches specified state or federal databases. The bill would provide that if the information provided by the registrant cannot be verified by matching the information to those specified state or federal databases and the registrant is otherwise eligible to vote, the registrant shall be issued a unique identification number pursuant to the above-referenced provisions and the conditional voter registration shall be deemed effective. The bill would establish specific criminal and civil penalties for the commission of fraud in the execution of a conditional voter registration pursuant to these provisions. The bill would require the county elections official to offer conditional voter registration and provisional voting at its permanent offices, and would permit the official to offer this registration and voting at satellite offices on election day, in accordance with specified procedures. The bill would also require the county elections official to cancel, as specified, duplicate voter registrations that may arise due to conditional voter registration. The above provisions of the bill would become operative on January 1 of the year following the year in which the Secretary of State certifies that the state has a statewide voter registration database that complies with the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. Existing law provides that upon conviction for a crime pertaining to an election for which no fine is prescribed, the court may impose, in addition to any prescribed imprisonment, a fine on the offender of not more than $1,000 for a misdemeanor or $10,000 for a felony. This bill would increase the amount of that fine for a felony to $25,000. By creating a new crime and new duties for local elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The 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. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/24/12 - Chaptered Current pdf September 24, 2012
• Enrolled 08/31/12 - Enrolled pdf August 31, 2012
• Amended 08/06/12 - Amended Senate pdf August 06, 2012
• Amended 06/18/12 - Amended Senate pdf June 18, 2012
• Amended 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly pdf May 25, 2012
• Amended 04/16/12 - Amended Assembly pdf April 16, 2012
• Amended 03/20/12 - Amended Assembly pdf March 20, 2012
• Introduced 01/04/12 - Introduced pdf January 04, 2012
• AB1436 View text html

Action History

1. September 24, 2012

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2012.

2. September 24, 2012

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 05, 2012

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.

4. August 27, 2012

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 6379.).

5. August 27, 2012

   Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)

6. August 24, 2012

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

7. August 23, 2012

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4743.).

8. August 20, 2012

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. August 16, 2012

   From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).

10. August 06, 2012

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

11. August 06, 2012

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. August 06, 2012

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3).

13. June 20, 2012

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

14. June 18, 2012

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.

15. June 14, 2012

    Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and PUB. S.

16. June 04, 2012

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

17. May 31, 2012

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 5185.)

18. May 29, 2012

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

19. May 25, 2012

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

20. May 25, 2012

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 25).

21. April 18, 2012

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

22. April 17, 2012

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

23. April 16, 2012

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

24. March 28, 2012

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

25. March 21, 2012

    Re-referred to Com. on E. & R.

26. March 20, 2012

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended.

27. January 19, 2012

    Referred to Com. on E. & R.

28. January 05, 2012

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.

29. January 04, 2012

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Alejo · Cosponsor
• Ammiano · Cosponsor
• Portantino · Cosponsor
• De León · Cosponsor
• Feuer · Primary
• Hill · Cosponsor
• Lara · Cosponsor
• Ma · Cosponsor
• Padilla · Cosponsor
• Solorio · Cosponsor
• Wieckowski · Cosponsor
• Williams · Cosponsor
• Yee · Cosponsor
• Mike Fong · Cosponsor

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