CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

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Introduced by Assembly Member Flora

February 21, 2025

An act to amend Section 300 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: no   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law defines a vote by mail voter as a voter who casts a ballot in any way other than at a polling place and defines a military or overseas voter as an elector who is absent from the county in which the voter is otherwise eligible to vote because the person is a member of the military or a specified federal government agency, a spouse or dependent of such a person, or a citizen living outside of the territorial limits of the United States.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 300 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

300.

(a) “Vote by mail voter” means any a voter casting who casts a ballot in any way other than at the a polling place.

(b) “Military or overseas voter” means an elector absent from the county in which he or she the voter is otherwise eligible to vote who is any of the following:

(1) A member of the active or reserve components of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; a Merchant Marine; a member of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps of the United States; or a member on activated status of the National Guard or state militia.

(2) A citizen of the United States living outside of the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia.

(3) A spouse or dependent of a person described in paragraph (1).