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Online voter registration.

It became law on Oct 7, 2011.

CA SB 397 · Senate Bill · 2011–2012

Stage
Became law
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Senate
Sponsors
8
Latest action
Oct 7, 2011

What it does

Existing law prohibits any person from being registered as a voter except by affidavit of registration and requires that the affidavit be mailed or delivered to the county elections official. The Secretary of State has certain administrative duties under existing law in providing voter registration materials. The federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993 provides for state departments of motor vehicles to make voter registration information and materials available to an applicant for a driver's license and other vehicular documents. Existing state law requires licensed persons to provide to the Department of Motor Vehicles a signature and the Department of Motor Vehicles is required…

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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)

    Oct 7, 2011

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Who is involved

Sponsors

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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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