Recall elections: notice of intention.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the effective date of the bill or what happens in cases where no internet websites are available.

Recall Elections: Notice of Intention

This law requires elections officials or the Secretary of State to remove proponents' signatures and street addresses from public notices of intention for recall elections.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the elections official or Secretary of State to redact (remove) the signatures and street numbers and names of residence addresses of people who want to start a recall election before making this information available to the public.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to start a recall election (proponents).
• Elections officials and the Secretary of State.
• The public when they look for information on recall elections.

Terms To Know

Recall Election

A special type of election where voters can remove an elected official from office before their term ends.

Proponents

People who start the process to recall an elected official by collecting signatures and filing a notice.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if there are no internet websites available in the area.
• It is unclear how this will affect public access to information about recall elections.
• This law only applies to notices of intention for recall elections and does not change other parts of the process.

Official Summary Text

SB 270, as amended, Ochoa Bogh.
Recall elections: notice of intention.
Existing law governs the recall of certain state and local elective officers. Existing law requires proponents of a recall to serve, file, and publish a copy of the notice of intention to recall the elective officer, as specified. Existing law requires the notice of intention to contain, among other things, the printed name, signature, and residence address, including street and number, city, and ZIP Code, of each proponent of the recall. Existing law requires publication of the notice of intention in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled. If there is no newspaper of general circulation, the notice of intention must be posted in at least 3 public places within the jurisdiction.
This bill would require
the elections official or Secretary of State to redact
the proponents’ signatures and the street numbers and street names of their residence
before making the notice of intention
to be redacted or otherwise excluded from the notice of intention before it is made
available to the public. If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled, the bill would require the notice of intention to also be posted on at least 3 internet websites.

Current Bill Text

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