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Committee advances AB 1249 to require minimum early voting Saturday in non‑VCA counties
Summary
AB 1249, authored by Assemblymember Wilson and sponsored by the Secretary of State, would require counties that do not participate in the Voter's Choice Act to offer at least one Saturday early voting location open eight hours before statewide elections. The committee passed the bill with technical amendments and sent it to appropriations.
The Assembly Elections Committee voted to pass AB 1249 as amended, sending the bill to the Appropriations Committee after discussion about early voting access and local implementation burdens.
AB 1249 requires each non-Voter's Choice Act (non-VCA) county to operate at least one early voting location for a full eight hours on the Saturday before a statewide election. The bill also clarifies that voters who bring a completed vote-by-mail ballot to an early voting location may, like on election day, either deposit the ballot in a secure drop box or verify their identity and scan the ballot directly; the ballot previously mailed to that voter would be voided when the in-person ballot is scanned. The…
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