Bill Text: CA SB637 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Early voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB637 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB637-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 637	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to voting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 637, as introduced, Yee. Secretary of State: report: voting
prior to election day.
   Existing law imposes various duties on the Secretary of State with
regard to registering voters and conducting elections.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State to conduct a study
regarding early voting options and report to the Legislature on or
before January 1, 2015, regarding the results of the study. The bill
would specify factors to be considered in the study. These provisions
would repeal on January 1, 2016.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Secretary of State shall conduct a study
regarding early voting options and report to the Legislature on or
before January 1, 2015, regarding the results of the study. The study
shall include consideration of all of the following:
   (1) Methods of expanding and promoting early voting.
   (2) Establishing locations in addition to county registrar's
offices for voters to complete early voting ballots.
   (3) Practices adopted by other states to provide voters with early
voting options.
   (4) Ensuring that early voting options that may be adopted by the
state are compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.).
   (b) (1) The report required by subdivision (a) shall be submitted
in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
   (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2016.