Three Interesting Election Law Bills to be Heard in California Assembly Elections Committee on June 22

The California Assembly Elections Committee meets on Tuesday, June 22, at 1:30 p.m. It will hear SB 1140, to provide for same-day voter registration, but only in a few locations in each county.

The Committee will also hear SB 1203, to require paid petition circulators to wear badges that say in large print that the circulator is being paid, and what county the circulator is registered in. If the circulator is not registered, it must say that the circulator is not registered. The bill doesn’t seem to take cognizance of the fact that the 9th circuit ruled in 2008 that states can’t bar out-of-state circulators, and the circulator might be someone registered in another state.

The Committee will also hear SB 1202, which says that the Voters Pamphlet should contain, for each statewide ballot measure, the names of the five individuals or organizations which have contributed the most money in favor, as well as in opposition, to that ballot measure. Of course the information will not be up-to-date, because the Pamphlet must be printed several months before the election.

All three of these bills have already passed the State Senate.


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