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 SB-1431 Elections.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 03/05/2026 09:00 PM

SB1431:v99#DOCUMENTBill Start

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 1431

Introduced by Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments (Senators Wiener (Chair), Allen, Cervantes, Choi, and Umberg)

March 05, 2026

 An act to amend Sections 3105, 3112, 3114, 3120, and 8062 of, and to repeal Sections 3104 and 8067 of, the Elections Code, relating to elections. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1431, as introduced, Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments.
 Elections.

(1) Existing law requires an elections official to mail a ballot and ballot identification envelope to each active registered voter, including military and overseas voters, at specified times before an election. Existing law does not require a registered voter to request a vote by mail ballot to receive the ballot in this manner.

This bill would make conforming changes to require an elections official to send the ballot and related materials to each active registered military and overseas voter regardless of whether they apply for a vote by mail ballot.

(2) Existing law requires candidates for certain federal, state, and local offices to submit nomination papers to the county elections official with a specified number of signatures to appear on the ballot for
 the primary election. Under existing law, the number of signatures submitted must fall within a specified range, depending upon the office sought by the candidate or the number of voters in the state, county, or district where the election is to be held. If more than the maximum number of signatures is submitted, existing law permits the elections official to withdraw the excess number, as specified.

This bill would instead require the candidate to submit only a minimum number of signatures, as specified. The bill would repeal the provision permitting the elections official to withdraw an excess number of signatures. The bill would also permit the candidate to continuously submit signatures until the county elections official verifies that the requisite number of signatures has been submitted.

By establishing new procedures for local elections officials, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 3104 of the Elections Code is repealed.

3104.Applications for the ballots of military or overseas voters shall be received and, except as provided in Section 3106, the ballots shall be received and canvassed, at the same time and under the same procedure as vote by mail ballots, insofar as that procedure is not inconsistent with this chapter.

SEC. 2.

 Section 3105 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

3105.

 (a) Any application made pursuant to this chapter that is received by the elections official prior to before the 60th day before the election shall be kept and processed on or after the 60th day before the election.

(b) (1) The elections official shall send the ballot not earlier than 60 days but not later than 45 days before the election and shall include with the ballot a list of all candidates who have qualified for the ballot and a list of all measures that are to be submitted to the voters and on which the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
 entitled to write in the name of any specific candidate seeking nomination or election to any office listed on the ballot.

(2) The military or overseas voter may, in the alternative to the ballot provided pursuant to paragraph (1), use a federal write-in absentee ballot to vote in any election in which the military or overseas voter is qualified to vote.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 15341 or any other provi