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

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2015–2016 REGULAR SESSION

89

CHAPTER 813

Statutes of 2016

[ Approved by Governor September 29, 2016. Filed with Secretary of State September 29, 2016. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Levine

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Gallagher and Gonzalez)

February 27, 2015

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

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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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Section 14276 of the Elections Code is repealed.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.