Marty Block
- Democratic
Author
Existing law prescribes the procedure for conducting an official canvass of election results, including the manner in which a name written upon a ballot for a qualified write-in candidate is to be counted for the office. Existing law, with regard to voting systems in which write-in spaces appear directly below the list of candidates for that office and provide a voting space, prohibits an elections official from counting a write-in vote unless the voting space next to the write-in space is marked or slotted as directed in the voting instructions. This bill, as an exception to that prohibition, would authorize the elections official, after tallying all eligible votes but prior to completion of the official canvass and the issuance of the certified statement of the results, and upon the request of a qualified write-in candidate for an examination of undervotes that is received within 5 days of completion of the semi-official canvass, to hand tally the remaining undervotes if specified conditions are applicable. If an elections official conducts a hand tally pursuant to this authority, the bill would require the elections official to include the results in the official canvass of the election.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 190, Statutes of 2011.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 1850.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 21).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1731.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB503 | HTML |
| 02/15/11 - Introduced | |
| 04/04/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/18/11 - Enrolled | |
| 08/08/11 - Chaptered |
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