Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows:
Today, May 25:
California
Voter Registration bill, S 1434 is scheduled for a third reading in the Senate.
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.
Pennsylvania
Felon Voting Rights bill, H 1072 is scheduled for a second reading in the House.
This bill provides inmates who are released from state correctional institutions with voter registration materials. The Department of Corrections would provide registration materials.
Thursday, May 27:
California
Convenience Voting bill, S 970 is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
This bill would require, until December 31, 2016, the secretary of state, in conjunction with the county elections officials, to select two college campuses, one within the University of California and one within the California State University, to each serve as pre-election day polling places for any precinct in the county during at least one general election. The bill would require that the pre-election day polling places be open to receive votes on the five business days preceding Election Day.
Election Day Registration bill, S 1140 is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
This bill would allow Election Day Registration at one-stop voting sites. If VoteCal is available, one-stop voting would be permitted at every county elections office in 2012. In 2014, more voting locations would be available (at least one location for every 100,000 voters or one location within 10 miles of every voter residence). The bill allows a county that does not have a voting system to provide ballots on demand to use alternate plans to implement the provisions of this bill, if approved by the secretary of state.