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California Internet Voting System Initiative (2022)
| California Internet Voting System Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic Voting policy measures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The California Internet Voting System Initiative (#21-0012) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 8, 2022.
The ballot measure would have created a system to allow people to vote using the internet.[1]
Text of the measure
The ballot title would have been as follows:[2]
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Authorizes Online Voting. Initiative Statute.[3] |
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Petition summary
The summary provided for inclusion on signature petition sheets was as follows:[2]
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Requires Secretary of State to develop online voting system that provides registered voters the option to cast an online ballot (1) from an official online voting machine located at a polling place in the next statewide election, and (2) for subsequent elections, from any location and device (including personal devices). Requires Secretary of State to establish procedures to protect the secrecy of online ballots, including procedures to confirm the identity of the voter. Criminalizes efforts to interfere with online voting system and specifies penalties.[3] |
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Fiscal impact
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:[2]
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One-time costs to government, in the range of hundreds of millions of dollars or more, likely to be paid at least in part by the state to establish a new statewide online voting system. Ongoing costs to government, in the range of tens of millions of dollars or more, likely to be paid at least in part by the state each year to maintain the new online voting system and implement other provisions of the measure.[3] |
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Full text
The full text is available here.
Path to the ballot
Process in California
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 180 days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least 131 days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives.
The requirements to get initiated state statutes certified for the 2022 ballot:
- Signatures: 623,212 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification was 131 days before the general election, which was around June 30, 2022. However, the process of verifying signatures can take multiple months and proponents are recommended to file signatures at least two months before the verification deadline.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least 100 percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot. If the random sample estimates that between 95 and 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
Initiative #20-0012
Michael Freeman Liddell filed the ballot initiative on August 24, 2021.[4] The Attorney General of California issued ballot language for the initiative on October 28, 2021, allowing a signature drive to begin. Signatures were due on April 26, 2022.
The campaign did not submit the required number of signatures by the deadline.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ California Attorney General, "Initiative 21-0012," August 24, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed October 20, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ California Attorney General, "Initiatives," accessed August 28, 2021
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