Bill Text: CA SB729 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections: polling places.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-17 - Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. [SB729 Detail]
Download: California-2021-SB729-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 729
| Introduced by Senator Glazer |
February 19, 2021 |
An act to amend Section 14105 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 729, as introduced, Glazer.
Elections: polling places.
Existing law requires elections officials to provide each polling place with specified materials, including not fewer than 6 nor more than 12 instruction cards to guide voters in obtaining and marking their ballots.
This bill would eliminate the maximum limit of 12 instruction cards.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14105 of the Elections Code is amended to read:14105.
The elections official shall furnish to each polling place all of the following:(a) At least one accessible copy of the voter list.
(b) Necessary printed blanks for the roster, tally sheets, voter list, declarations, and returns.
(c) Not fewer than 6 nor more than 12 six
instruction cards to each polling place for the guidance of voters in obtaining and marking their ballots. On each card shall be printed necessary instructions and the provisions of Sections 14225, 14279, 14280, 14287, 14291, 14295, 15271, 15272, 15273, 15276, 15277, 15278, 18370, 18380, 18403, 18563, and 18569.
(d) A digest of the election laws with any further instructions the county elections official may desire to make.
(e) An American flag of sufficient size to adequately assist the voter in identifying the polling place. The flag is to be erected at or near the polling place.
(f) A ballot container, properly marked on the outside indicating its contents. If it is necessary to supply additional ballot containers, these additional containers shall also be marked on the outside indicating their
contents.
(g) At least one copy of the certified write-in list, if applicable.
(h) A sufficient number of cards to each polling place containing the telephone number of the office to which a voter may call to obtain information about his or her the voter’s polling place. The card shall state that the voter may call collect during polling hours.
(i) An identifying badge or insignia for each member of the precinct board. The member shall print his or her the member’s
name on the badge or insignia, and shall wear the badge or insignia at all times in the performance of duties, so as to be readily identified as a member of the precinct board by all persons entering the polling place.
(j) Facsimile copies of the ballot containing ballot measures and ballot instructions printed in Spanish or other languages as provided in Section 14201.
(k) Sufficient copies of the notices to be posted on the voter list used at the polls. The notice shall read as follows: “This voter list shall not be marked in any manner except by a member of the precinct board acting pursuant to Section 14297. Any person who removes, tears, marks, or otherwise defaces this voter list with the intent to falsify or prevent others from readily ascertaining the name, address, or political affiliation of any voter, or the fact that a voter has or has not voted, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.”
(l) A roster for each polling place in the form prescribed in Section 14107.
(m) Printed copies of the Voter Bill of Rights, as supplied by the Secretary of State. The Voter Bill of Rights shall be conspicuously posted both inside and outside every polling place.
(n) For a partisan primary election, printed copies of the posters or other materials described in Section 14105.2. The posters or other materials shall be conspicuously posted both inside and outside every polling place.
