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CA SJR29
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
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Expresses California Legislature's support for a federal Department of Justice investigation into whether state legislatures are discriminating against and suppressing votes of minorities, senior citizens, young adults, people with disabilities, and those with limited economic means
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Denounces any state law that disenfranchises eligible voters from disadvantaged populations
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Identifies voter suppression laws enacted in over 30 states since 2008 as discriminatory, including photo identification requirements, restrictions on voter registration drives, and limitations on early voting
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Asserts that voter fraud is rare and that suppression laws disproportionately affect poor, homeless, elderly, disabled, and minority voters who lack financial means or mobility to obtain required identification
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit the resolution to the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, and California's congressional representatives
Legislative Description
Voting: disenfranchisement.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2012.
9/10/2012