Existing law requires elections officials to begin mailing ballots to every registered voter no later than 29 days before an election. Existing law authorizes a jurisdiction to begin processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes and, if the jurisdiction has the necessary computer capability, vote by mail ballots 29 days before an election.
This bill would authorize elections officials to begin processing vote by mail ballot return envelopes and vote by mail ballots on the date on which the ballots are mailed, thereby allowing elections officials to begin processing vote by mail return envelopes and ballots earlier than 29 days before an election.

Statutes affected:
AB16: 15101 ELEC, 15104 ELEC
12/02/24 - Introduced: 15101 ELEC, 15104 ELEC
04/21/25 - Amended Assembly: 15101 ELEC, 15104 ELEC