Hearings for important election bills are scheduled as follows:
Today, June 1:
California
- Election Day Registration bill, S 1140 is scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor.
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.
- Convenience/Youth Voting bill, S 970 is scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor.
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.
New York
- Youth Voting bill S 1837 is scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor today.
This bill would allow any full-time college student in New York to serve as an election inspector if the student speaks and reads English; is not running for office; and is registered to vote.
- Youth Voting bill, S 4226 is scheduled to be heard on the Senate floor today.
This bill would allow a citizen who is 17 years old to vote in a presidential primary if he or she will be 18 by the following general election.
Thursday, June 3:
New York
- Youth Voting bill, A 5110 is scheduled to be heard by the Assembly Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m..
This bill amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election.