Bill Text: CA AB2411 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Voting: ballot design.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-25 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2411 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2411-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2411
| Introduced by Assembly Member Berman |
February 17, 2022 |
An act to amend Section 13218 of the Elections Code, relating to voting.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2411, as introduced, Berman.
Voting: ballot design.
Existing law requires the Secretary of State to establish a ballot design advisory committee to assist the Secretary of State in promulgating regulations that prescribe ballot design and format.
This bill would additionally require the ballot design advisory committee to identify best practices and standards for the design of ballots to be posted on the Secretary of State’s internet website.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 13218 of the Elections Code is amended to read:13218.
(a) The Secretary of State shall establish a ballot design advisory committee to identify best practices and standards for the design of ballots, which shall be posted on the Secretary of State’s internet website, and to assist the Secretary of State to promulgate regulations that prescribe ballot design and format.(b) The ballot design advisory committee shall consist of the Secretary of State, or the secretary’s designee, and members to be appointed by the Secretary of State who are recognized ballot design experts and county elections officials or a designee of a county elections official. Each recognized ballot design expert shall have demonstrated
experience with ballot design requirements and knowledge of presenting election materials to voters using plain language methods or another method that is easy for voters to access and understand.
