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CA SJR29

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

9/10/2012

Primary Sponsor

Leland Yee

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • Denounces any state law that disenfranchises eligible voters from disadvantaged populations

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules6/6/2012

Full Bill Text

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