Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows:
Today, April 27:
California
- Voter Registration bill, A 2371 is scheduled to be heard on the Assembly floor for a second reading today.
Upon receipt of a complaint of voter registration fraud from a county registrar, this bill directs the secretary of state, to acknowledge the complaint in writing within 21 days.
- Voter Registration bill, S 1434 is scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor for a third reading today.
This bill requires the registrar to process the voter registration cards of applicants who fail to identify their place of birth, as long as the applicant marked that he or she is a United States citizen.
Tennessee
- Felon Voting Rights bill, H 969 is scheduled to be heard today in the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee at 1:30 p.m. in HHR16.
Before restoring voting rights, this bill requires a person convicted of a felony to pay all fines and court costs.
Wednesday, April 28:
California
- Conduct of Elections bill, A 2616 is scheduled to be heard tomorrow in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
This bill would require the secretary of state, when a specified statewide voter registration database is implemented, in coordination with county elections officials, to establish procedures to permit a voter by mail voter to find out whether his or her vote had been counted, and if not, the reason why, via online access on the secretary of state’s Internet Web site
Monday, May 3:
California
- Election Day Registration bill, S 1140 is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee at 11 a.m. in Burton Hearing Room (4203).
This bill would establish “one-stop voting” whereby an eligible elector would be permitted to register to vote and immediately vote on Election Day or at any time prior to election day when ballots may be cast at a location at which one-stop voting is available. This bill would require Election Day registrants to present proof of identity and current residence, as specified, and to complete an affidavit of registration. Upon completing that registration and upon verification, new voters would be immediately eligible to vote by regular ballot. If the voter was previously registered or is unable to complete that registration because the voter is unable to present proof of identity or proof of current residence, the voter would be permitted to register and vote by a provisional ballot.
After the election, officials would be required to send Election Day registrants a notification form. If returned as undeliverable, the registrant would be placed in the inactive file. The bill also directs election officials to cancel duplicate registrations based on the list of Election Day registrants and notify the district attorney and the secretary of state if it “appears a person has engaged in fraudulent voting.”