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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Jackson</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to add Section 12325 to the Elections Code, relating to elections. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Elections: precinct board members.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law requires a county elections official to divide each jurisdiction within the county into precincts and to appoint a precinct board for each precinct at least 29 days before an election within the jurisdiction. Any voter may apply to the county elections official for appointment as a precinct board member.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize a county elections official, for each election, to adopt a system in which individuals are randomly selected to serve as precinct board members. The bill would make every citizen who resides in the jurisdiction and is at least 18 years of age eligible to be selected, but would authorize an eligible person to be excused for undue hardship upon themselves or the public.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Section 12325 is added to the
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(a)
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for each election, an elections official may adopt a system in which individuals are randomly selected to serve as precinct board members.
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(b)
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(1)
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Every citizen who resides in the jurisdiction and is at least 18 years of age is eligible to be selected to serve as a precinct board member pursuant to this section.
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(2)
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An eligible person shall not be excluded from service as a precinct board member pursuant to this section on the basis of any characteristic identified in Section 11135 of the Government Code.
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(3)
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An eligible person may be
excused from service as a precinct board member pursuant to this section for undue hardship upon themselves or the public.
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(c)
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The elections official shall assign the individuals selected pursuant to this section to precincts within the jurisdiction in which the election will occur. The assigned individuals shall constitute the precinct board for that precinct.
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