BILL NUMBER: SB 784INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Allen FEBRUARY 27, 2015 An act to amend Section 14217 of the Elections Code, relating to elections. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 784, as introduced, Allen. Provisional ballots. Existing law provides that a voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot if his or her qualification or entitlement to vote cannot be immediately established. If a precinct board is unable to find a voter's name on the index of registration on the day of an election, existing law requires the precinct board to inform the voter that he or she may cast a provisional ballot and, if the voter elects to do so, furnish the voter with the provisional ballot. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions. 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 14217 of the Elections Code is amended to read: 14217. If the precinct board is unable to find a voter's nameuponon the index of registration, it shall inform the voter that he or she may cast a provisional ballot and the procedure for doing so. If the voter elects to cast a provisional ballot, the precinct board shall furnish the voter with a provisional ballot, in accordance with Section 14310.