California Assembly Bill AB257 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 257INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Adams FEBRUARY 11, 2009 An act to amend Section 18403 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 257, as introduced, Adams. Elections: ballot handling. Existing law prohibits any person other than an election official from receiving, soliciting, or examining a voted ballot from a voter, unless a specified exception applies. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 18403 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 18403. Any person other than an elections official or a member of the precinct board who receives a voted ballot from a voter or who examines or solicits  the  a  voter to show his or her voted ballot is punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment in the state prison for 16 months or two or three years or in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment. This section shall not apply to persons returning a vote by mail ballot pursuant to  Sections   Section  3017  and   or  3021 or persons assisting a voter pursuant to Section 14282.