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CA AB2072

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/4/2020

Primary Sponsor

Melissa Melendez

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Origin

State Assembly

2019-2020 Session

AI Summary

  • Changes voter registration requirement from opt-out (affirmatively decline) to opt-in (affirmatively agree) during Department of Motor Vehicles transactions
  • Requires persons to actively agree to voter registration or preregistration before the Secretary of State can register them, reversing the current automatic registration default
  • Updates Section 2263 of the Elections Code to reflect that individuals must affirmatively agree rather than decline voter registration
  • Updates Section 2265 of the Elections Code to condition voter registration on all requirements being satisfied, including the person's affirmative agreement to register
  • Applies to persons applying for driver's licenses, identification cards, or notifying the department of address changes

Legislative Description

California New Motor Voter Program: voter registration.

Last Action

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

3/16/2020

Committee Referrals

Elections and Redistricting2/14/2020

Full Bill Text

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