Bill Text: CA AB1829 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Elections.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2019. [AB1829 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1829-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 02, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1829 |
Introduced by Committee on Elections and Redistricting (Assembly Members Berman (Chair), Gallagher (Vice Chair), Low, Mayes, Mullin, and Weber) |
March 27, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(6)Existing law requires a county elections official to provide the county voter
information guide to each political party, as specified. Existing law permits a qualified political party to submit to the official a list of all candidates for voter-nominated office who will appear on the ballot in the county who have been lawfully endorsed by the party. Under existing law, the county elections official is required to print the names of the endorsed candidates in the county voter information guide if the list is submitted not later than 83 days before the election at which the candidates will appear on the ballot.
This bill would clarify that the county elections official is required to print the names of the endorsed candidates in the county voter information guide if the political party chairperson submits the list to the county elections official by certified letter postmarked not later than 83 days before the election.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1000 of the Elections Code is amended to read:1000.
The established election dates are as follows:SEC. 2.
Section 8020 of the Elections Code is amended to read:8020.
(a) No candidate’s name shall be printed on the ballot to be used at the direct primary unless the following nomination documents are delivered for filing to the county elections official:SEC. 3.
Section 8061 of the Elections Code is amended to read:8061.
(a) If a candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, any or all signatures appearing on the petition, which would be valid under Section 8041, shall be counted towards the number of voters required to sign a nomination paper. If an in-lieu-filing-fee petition contains a requisite number of valid signatures under Section 8062, the candidate shall not be required to file nomination papers.SEC. 4.
Section 8106 of the Elections Code is amended to read:8106.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a candidate, or a person authorized by the candidate, may submit a petition containing signatures of registered voters in lieu of a filing fee as follows:SEC. 5.
Section 8406 of the Elections Code is amended to read:8406.
Any nomination paper may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain the name of the candidate and the name of the office for which the candidate is proposed for nomination. Each section shall bear the name of the county for which it is circulated.SEC. 6.
Section 9030 of the Elections Code is amended to read:9030.
(a) Each section of the petition shall be filed with the elections official of the county or city and county for which it was circulated, but all sections circulated in any county or city and county shall be filed at the same time. Once filed, no petition section shall be amended except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.SEC. 7.
Section 10512 of the Elections Code is amended to read:10512.
(a) Each candidate shall set forth in full the oath or affirmation set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the California Constitution, which shall be filed with the declaration of candidacy. The county elections official or district secretary, or a person designated by the county elections official or district secretary, shall administer the oath.SEC. 8.
Section 10703 of the Elections Code is amended to read:10703.
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a special election to fill a vacancy in the office of Representative in Congress, State Senator, or Member of the Assembly shall be conducted on a Tuesday at least 126 days, but not more than 140 days, following the issuance of an election proclamation by the Governor pursuant to Section 1773 of the Government Code.(a)The county elections official shall forthwith submit the county voter information guide of each political party to the chairperson of the county central committee of that party, and shall mail a copy to each candidate for whom nomination papers have been filed in the official’s office or whose name has been certified to the official by the Secretary of State, to the post office address given in the nomination paper or
certification. The county elections official shall post a copy of each county voter information guide in a conspicuous place in the official’s office.
(b)In connection with an election at which a candidate for a voter-nominated office will appear on the ballot, a qualified political party may submit to the county elections official a list of all candidates for voter-nominated office who will appear on a ballot in the county in question, and who have been endorsed by the party by whatever lawful mechanism the party adopts for endorsing candidates for voter-nominated office. If a party
chairperson submits a list to the county elections official pursuant to this subdivision by certified letter postmarked not later than 83 days before the election at which the candidate for a voter-nominated office will appear on the ballot, the county elections official shall print the names of the candidates for voter-nominated office who were endorsed by that political party in the voter information portion of the county voter information guide.