Bill Text: CA AB1494 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Voting: marked ballots.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 813, Statutes of 2016. [AB1494 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1494-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1494	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  813
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 8, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 26, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gallagher and Gonzalez)
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Hertzberg, and McGuire)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 14291 of, and to repeal Section 14276 of,
the Elections Code, relating to voting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1494, Levine. Voting: marked ballots.
   Existing law prohibits a voter from showing his or her ballot to
any person after it is marked in such a way as to reveal its
contents. Existing law provides that a person who interferes or
attempts to interfere with the secrecy of voting is guilty of a
felony, and authorizes the Secretary of State, the Attorney General,
or a local elections official to bring an action to impose additional
civil penalties for committing those acts.
   This bill would create an exception to that prohibition that would
permit a voter to voluntarily disclose how he or she voted if that
voluntary act does not violate any other law.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 14276 of the Elections Code is repealed.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14291 of the Elections Code is amended to read:
   14291.  (a) After the ballot is marked, a voter shall not show it
to any person in a manner that reveals its contents, except as
provided in subdivision (b).
   (b) A voter may voluntarily disclose how he or she voted if that
voluntary act does not violate any other law.