Voter registration: affidavits: rebuttable presumptions.

Under existing law, when a county elections official receives an affidavit of registration that does not include portions of information for which space is provided, the county elections official is required to apply several rebuttable presumptions. Those presumptions include the presumption that if the affiant fails to identify his or her state of birth within the United States, then it is presumed that the affiant was born in a state or territory of the United States if the affiant lists his or her birthplace as the United States, U.S.A., or other recognizable term designating the United States. This bill would provide that the affiant's failure to furnish his or her place of birth shall not preclude his or her affidavit of registration from being deemed complete.