Existing law requires the gathering of a specified number of signatures by petition to nominate a candidate or qualify a measure or recall for the ballot, among other purposes. Existing law requires elections officials to verify the signatures on a petition in accordance with specified procedures.
This bill would authorize a county elections official who verifies signatures on petitions or papers that are required to be signed by voters of a county, city, school district, or special district subject to petitioning to establish and require the use of a standardized petition form for distribution within and submission to the county.
Existing law authorizes a candidate for nonpartisan elective office in a local agency to prepare a candidate's statement on a form provided by the elections official, as specified. If the elections official who is conducting the election permits electronic distribution of a candidate's statement, existing law permits the governing body of a local agency to permit a candidate for nonpartisan elective office in the local agency to prepare a candidate's statement for the purpose of electronic distribution.
This bill instead would permit a candidate for nonpartisan elective office in the local agency to prepare a candidate's statement for the purposes of electronic distribution if the elections official who is conducting the election or the county elections official who is conducting the local agency's election, including a local election consolidated with the county election, permits electronic distribution.
The bill would make additional nonsubstantive changes.

Statutes affected:
AB3197: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
02/16/24 - Introduced: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
04/01/24 - Amended Assembly: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
04/11/24 - Amended Assembly: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
06/03/24 - Amended Senate: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
06/26/24 - Enrolled: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
07/15/24 - Chaptered: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC
AB 3197: 100 ELEC, 13307 ELEC