Bill Text: CA AB837 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: No party preference voters: partisan primary elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-15 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 819, Statutes of 2017. [AB837 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB837-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 28, 2017 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 19, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 837 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 16, 2017 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
ChapterCHAPTER 6. Partisan Primary Elections
13400.13500.
This chapter applies only to partisan primary elections.13401.13501.
(a) The Secretary of State shall include in the state voter information guide the information specified in subdivision (a) of Section 9083.5, including a statement explaining that a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference may not vote in a political party’s primary election unless the political party has authorized a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference to vote in its primary election.13402.13502.
(a) With each nonpartisan vote by mail ballot that is sent to a voter who has declined to disclose a political party preference, the county elections official shall include a notice informing the voter that he or she may request a political party’s ballot at the next ensuing partisan primary election if the political party has so authorized.SEC. 2.
Section 14105 of the Elections Code is amended to read:14105.
The elections official shall furnish to the precinct officers all of the following:SEC. 2.5.
Section 14105 of the Elections Code is amended to read:14105.
The elections official shall furnish to(a)Printed copies of the indexes.
(c)Envelopes in which to enclose returns.
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(g)A ballot container, properly marked on the outside indicating its contents.
(h)When
(i)Sufficient ink pads and stamps for each booth. The stamps shall be one solid piece and shall be made so that a cross (+) may be made with either end. If ballots are to be counted by vote tabulating equipment, an adequate supply of other approved voting devices shall be furnished. All voting stamps or voting devices shall be maintained in good usable condition.
(j)When a candidate or candidates have qualified to have his or her or their names counted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 15340) of Chapter 4 of Division 15, a sufficient number of ink pens or pencils in the voting booths for the purpose of writing in on the ballot the name of the candidate or candidates.
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(p)In addition, the elections official may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, furnish the original books of affidavits of registration or other material necessary to verify signatures to the precinct officers.
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This section shall become operative on January 1, 1990.