On April 26, the California State Senate unanimously passed SB 103. IT provides that presidential electors who do not vote for the candidate they are expected to vote for will be replaced immediately after casting their vote in mid-December. It also requires political parties, independent presidential candidates, and write-in presidential candidates to file not only the normal 54 elector candidates, but another 54 alternates.
This will be especially burdensome for declared write-in candidates, because their candidates for presidential elector are each required to file a notarized declaration of write-in candidacy. Already it was quite burdensome for write-in candidates to submit this paperwork. But under the bill, they will now be required to have notarized statements from 108 individuals (54 candidates for elector, and another 54 alternates). Here is the text of the bill.
Oddly, the bill does not require independent presidential candidates to include alternates on their petition. Under the existing law, all the candidates for presidential elector must be printed on the petition, which is quite cumbersome. Their address must also be included. This makes the petition form quite unwieldy, and is not necessary.