AB 827
Voting: signature verification.
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Majority
Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
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Bill overview
This bill modifies the deadlines for verifying signatures on vote-by-mail ballots. It extends the time for elections officials to notify voters of signature discrepancies to 14 days for regular statewide elections and 8 days for non-regular elections. It also extends the voter’s opportunity to verify their signature to 22 days for regular elections and 2 days for non-regular elections. The bill also allows for the use of drop boxes to receive signature verification statements and mandates that elections officials compare signatures and add them to voter records if they match, and addresses procedures for handling unsigned statements.
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