Bill Text: CA AB3284 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections omnibus bill.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 854, Statutes of 2024. [AB3284 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB3284-Introduced.html
Introduced by Committee on Elections |
March 13, 2024 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 2166.7 of the Elections Code is amended to read:2166.7.
(a) If authorized by the county board of supervisors, a county elections official shall, upon application of a public safety officer, make confidential that officer’s residence address, telephone number, and email address appearing on the affidavit of registration, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this section.SEC. 2.
Section 2194 of the Elections Code is amended to read:2194.
(a) Except as provided in Section 2194.1, the affidavit of voter registration information identified in Section 7924.000 of the Government Code:SEC. 3.
Section 2227 of the Elections Code is amended to read:2227.
(a) In lieu of mailing a residency confirmation postcard, as prescribed in subdivision (a) of Section 2220, the county elections official may contract with a consumer credit reporting agency or its licensees to obtain use of change-of-address data in accordance with this section.SEC. 4.
Section 2269 of the Elections Code is amended to read:2269.
This chapter does not affect the confidentiality of a person’s voter registration or preregistration information, which remains confidential pursuant to Section 2194 of this code and Section 7924.000 of the Government Code and for all of the following persons:SEC. 5.
Section 7204 of the Elections Code is amended to read:7204.
(a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and shall consist of 24 members. Whichever of the two Assembly districts consists of the majority of the registered Democrats in the city and county shall elect 14 members and the Assembly district that consists of the minority of the registered Democrats in the city and county shall elect 10 members.(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the June 5, 2012, statewide primary election, signers of nomination papers for candidates for the county central committee shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the Democratic Party and who are residents in the County of San Francisco, regardless of whether they are residents of the district in which the candidate is to be
voted on.
SEC. 6.
Section 8040 of the Elections Code is amended to read:8040.
(a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be substantially as follows:DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY |
I hereby declare myself a candidate for nomination to the office of ________ District Number ________ to be voted for at the primary election to be held ________, 20__, and declare the following to be true: My name is . I want my name and occupational designation to appear on the ballot as follows: ______________________________________. |
Addresses: Residence Business Mailing |
Telephone numbers: Day _________ Evening _________ |
Internet website:_______________________________________ |
I meet the statutory and constitutional qualifications for this office (including, but not limited to, citizenship, residency, and party preference, if required). |
I am at present an incumbent of the following public office |
(if any) __________. |
If nominated, I will accept the nomination and not withdraw. |
Signature of candidate |
A candidate for voter-nominated office shall also complete all of the following: | ||
(1) I hereby certify that: | ||
(a) At the time of presentation of this declaration, as shown by my current affidavit of registration, I have disclosed the following political party preference, if any: . | ||
(b) My complete
voter registration and party affiliation/preference history, from [10 years prior to current year] through the date of signing this document, is as follows: | ||
Party Registration | County | Timeframe (by year) |
(2) Pursuant to Section 8002.5 of the Elections Code, select one of the following: | ||
______ Party Preference: _____________________ (insert the name of the qualified political party as disclosed upon your affidavit of registration). | ||
______ Party Preference: None (if you have declined to disclose a preference for a qualified political party upon your affidavit of registration). | ||
Dated this ___ day of _____, 20___. | ||
Signature of candidate |
A Notary Public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. |
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of ________, 20____. |
Signature of Notary Public (or other official) Notary Public Seal |
Examined and certified by me this ________ day of ________,
20____. |
County Elections Official |
WARNING: Every person acting on behalf of a candidate is guilty of a misdemeanor who deliberately fails to file at the proper time and in the proper place any declaration of candidacy in the person’s possession which is entitled to be filed under the provisions of the Elections Code Section 18202. |
SEC. 7.
Section 9170 of the Elections Code is amended to read:9170.
(a) Subject to subdivision (d), the ballot label or similar description of a county, city, district, or school measure on a county ballot shall end with all of the following: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.(c)(1)A special election described in this section may be conducted as an all-mailed ballot election pursuant to Section 4000.5 or 4001.5.
(2)This subdivision shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.