Bill Text: CA AB802 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Voter intimidation: public official: disqualification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-29 - In Senate. Held at Desk. [AB802 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB802-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 802 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 15, 2017 |
An act to add Section 18549 to the Elections Code, relating to elections.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 802, as introduced, Low.
Voter intimidation: public official: disqualification.
Existing law prohibits certain activities intended to compel a person to vote or dissuade a person from voting. Existing law imposes specified penalties for a person convicted of violating these provisions.
This bill would, in addition to any other penalty, provide that a public official is forever disqualified from holding office in the state if he or she is convicted of a felony for violating the provisions related to voter intimidation, as described above.