Bill Text: CA AB1539 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1539

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Bill Title: Elections: double voting.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2023. [AB1539 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1539-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1539

Introduced by Assembly Member Berman

February 17, 2023

An act relating to elections.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1539, as introduced, Berman. Elections: double voting.

Existing law permits a person to vote at any election held within the territory within which the person resides and the election is held if the person is qualified and registered to vote. If a person is entitled to vote at an election, existing law makes voting more than once, or attempting to vote more than once, a crime.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that prohibits a person from voting in certain elections or for certain offices in both California and another state.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that prohibits a person from voting in certain elections or for certain offices in both California and another state.