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Clerk‑Recorder presents 36 enacted bills affecting elections, recording and voter services
Summary
The county Clerk‑Recorder reviewed 36 laws from the 2024 legislative session that affect elections and recording; highlights included DMV-driven voter registration changes, election‑related emergency statute impacts, remote notarization and eRecording developments, and campaign‑finance disclosure changes.
Danielle Sexton, Inyo County Clerk‑Recorder and Registrar of Voters, briefed the Board of Supervisors on March 11 on 36 bills enacted in 2024 that affect clerk, recorder and elections functions.
Sexton summarized six bills in detail. She said AB 2127 (the California New Motor Voter program extension) makes DMV‑driven voter registration an opt‑out process and noted that automatic updates from DMV can create inaccuracies in county voter rolls when applicants do not intend to change registration data. She urged residents to pay attention to voter‑registration questions at the DMV and to opt out when appropriate.
Sexton reviewed AB 3184 (a temporary change that affected the November general‑election reporting schedule) and said the law had required a postponement that had little practical effect in Inyo County but created a conflict with existing uniform district election law. She said the law was written for the November general election and is now sunsetted.
On recording and notarization, Sexton explained AB 2004 and related developments: eRecording requires a document remain digital from creation to recordation; remote online notarizations (RONs) introduce complexity because California currently limits RON use but accepts RONs performed under other states’ laws when presented to the county recorder. Sexton provided a guidance document on ‘‘RONs and papering out of electronic documents’’ and noted a separate 2023 bill requires California to develop a RON acceptance process by 2030.
Sexton also summarized multiple updates to campaign‑finance and disclosure rules and said county elections staff help candidates comply with changing Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) requirements and section‑700 series disclosure forms.
There was no action requested for the item; Sexton’s report was informational and the board directed staff to file the annual materials as required.
