Voting: voter information guides.

Under existing law, numerous provisions related to voting refer to ballot pamphlets, state ballot pamphlets, voter pamphlets, statewide voter pamphlets, and sample ballots. This bill would replace these terms with state voter information guide, county voter information guide, and voter information guide, as appropriate, and make necessary conforming changes. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Existing law prohibits a voting system from being used, and prohibits a jurisdiction from purchasing or contracting for a voting system, unless the voting system has received the approval of the Secretary of State. Existing law authorizes a vendor or county that has submitted a voting system for federal qualification before September 1, 2013, and has obtained federal qualification before January 1, 2015, to request approval from the Secretary of State based on the examination and review requirements in place before January 1, 2014. This bill would remove the requirement that a voting system be submitted for federal qualification before September 1, 2013, and would change the date by which the voting system is required to receive federal qualification to April 28, 2016, in order for a vendor or county to request the Secretary of State to approve a voting system using the examination and review requirements in place before January 1, 2014. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3019.5 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 2089, that would become operative only if this bill and AB 2089 are both chaptered and this bill is chaptered last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 13307 and 13312 of the Elections Code, proposed by AB 2010, that would become operative only if this bill and AB 2010 are both chaptered and this bill is chaptered last.