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Authors Choi  
Coauthors: Alvarado-Gil   Grove   Jones   Niello   Seyarto   Castillo   DeMaio   Essayli  
Subject Elections: ballot submission deadline.
Relating To relating to elections.
Title An act to amend Sections 3020, 3117, and 4103 of the Elections Code, relating to elections.
Last Action Dt 2025-02-14
State Introduced
Status Died
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Bill Actions
2026-02-02     Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2025-04-01     April 1 set for first hearing. Held in committee without recommendation.
2025-03-20     Set for hearing April 1.
2025-03-19     Referred to Com. on E. & C.A.
2025-02-18     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-14     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Introduced     2025-02-14
Analyses TBD
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Under existing law, a vote-by-mail ballot is timely cast if it is postmarked or otherwise time-stamped on or before election day and received in the mail no later than 7 days after election day.

This bill would instead require a vote-by-mail ballot to be returned to the applicable elections official no later than the close of the polls on election day, except that the bill would require a vote-by-mail ballot cast by a military or overseas voter to be counted if it is postmarked on or before election day and received no later than 7 days after election day.