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Ballot materials: translations.

It became law on Aug 7, 2015.

CA SB 366 · Senate Bill · 2015–2016

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Latest action
Aug 7, 2015

What it does

Existing law requires each county elections official to prepare separate sample ballots for each political party and a separate sample nonpartisan ballot, as specified. Existing law requires the elections official to send to each voter, together with the sample ballot, a voter's pamphlet that contains the written statements of each candidate. Existing law requires the elections officials to provide a Spanish translation to those candidates who wish to have one and requires that the person selected to provide that translation be from a list of approved Spanish-language translators and interpreters of the superior court of the county or from an institution accredited by the Western…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Aug 7, 2015

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Who is involved

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Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.

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