California Voting Equipment Bond (June 2018)
| California Voting Equipment Bond | |
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| Election date June 5, 2018 | |
| Topic Bond issues | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Bond issue | Origin State Legislature |
The California Voting Equipment Bond was not on the ballot in California as a legislatively referred bond act on June 5, 2018.
The measure would have authorized $450 million in general obligation bonds for voting system and equipment upgrades. Counties would have asked the Voting Modernization Board for matching funds derived from the bond revenue. Counties that selected to conduct elections under the California Voters Choice Act (CVCA) would have received $3 for every $1 they allocate toward upgrades. Counties that did not conduct elections under the CVCA would have received $2 for every $1 they allocate toward upgrades.[1]
Counties would have been permitted to spend bond revenue on voting machines and devices; electronic lists of registered voters; ballot manufacturing systems; vote-by-mail ballot drop boxes; vote-by-mail ballot sorting and processing equipment; remote accessible vote-by-mail systems; technology to facilitate communication between polling places, vote centers, county elections officials, and the secretary of state’s office; and researching and developing new voting systems.[1]
Voters approved a bond measure, Proposition 41, in 2002 that issued $200 million for voting system and equipment upgrades.
Text of measure
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- See also: Authorizing bonds in California
Section 1 of Article XVI of the California Constitution requires that bond issues of $300,000 or more be referred to voters for approval or rejection. The California State Legislature is required to pass bond acts by a two-thirds vote of all the members in both legislative chambers. The governor must also sign the bond act.
The bond act was introduced into the legislature as Assembly Bill 668 (AB 668) on February 14, 2017. On May 31, 2017, the California State Assembly passed the bill, with 56 members voting in favor and 19 voting against. An additional five members of did not vote on AB 668. The bill was ordered to the legislature's inactive file on September 15, 2017.[1]
September 15, 2017, was the last day of the 2017 regular legislative session that the state Legislature was allowed to pass bills.
See also
- 2018 ballot measures
- California 2018 ballot measures
- California Legislature
- Bond issues on the ballot
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