1. SB 450 The California Voter’s Choice Act
Everything you need to know and love about it!

2. Digesting It Taskforce Calendar Budgets The Administration Plan
Public Education
Community Outreach
Public Process
Administering the Election

3. Taskforce 450 Provide Assistance & Feedback
Target launch date of February 2017.
Diverse members
2018 Counties

4. Calendar Statute vs Best Practice
2018 Cycle: Calaveras, Inyo, Madera, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Shasta, Sierra, Sutter, and Tuolumne.
2020 Cycle: Open to every county and a transition model for LA
E-88: The number of registered voters on this date will determine the minimum number of vote centers and drop off locations.

5. Calendar cont’d
6 Months after each election: SOS submits report to legislature about the performance of the election.
1 year before first SB450 Election: Your LAAC/VAAC must hold first meeting.
42 days for the public process
E-28: Ballots are sent to voters, drop off locations open up.
Implicit: A November general election will not be your first election

6. Budgets Funding for Voting Systems Shifting of costs San Mateo Lessons
Requirement:
Easily accessible to the public.
Highlights any cost savings.

7. Plan for Administration of the Election
You must have a plan for the administration of the election.
Requirements
Accessible vote by mail ballot.
Language Assistance
A vote center security plan.
Details about vote centers and drop-off locations
Toll-free voter assistance hotline
Education plan
Adopted through a public process

8. Public Education Educate your voters
Describe of how you will educate the general public and protected classes.
Required Description:
Language minority voters and voters with disabilities.
Budget
Community presence
General public and media.
Two direct contacts
SOS will work with you to develop guidelines.

9. Community Outreach Creates buy-in
Identify areas of resistance early in the process.
You will have support from SOS and advocates
Best practice:
Start now
Meet with advocacy groups, business, labor, electeds, and other groups connected with the electoral process.
Requirement:
Establish a LAAC and VAAC.
Meet with the public, at a minimum with representatives of language minorities and voters with disabilities.

10. Public Process: The public process is how you draft your plan.
You will have support from SOS and advocates.
Requirements
Conduct community outreach.
Min.of 1 public meeting
2 – 14 day periods to amend and accept public comments.
Submit to the SOS your public education plan.
The SOS will accept, reject, or modify your plan in 14 days.

11. Election Admin: Vote Centers
Requirements:
Min. Ratios established at E-88.
Any voter can use every VC in their county.
Conditional Voter Registration
3 accessible machines
Access to voter database
ROV must consider certain information when siting VC:
How voters will get to VC
Demographics
Vote history

12. Election Admin: Vote Centers Cont’d
Requirements:
Every vote center will provide translated materials and services for each language required by the county, but varies by location.
Must have ballot drop-off boxes, but a VC cannot count toward the minimum number of drop-off locations.
Each VC have real time access to the voter database, including vote history.

13. Election Admin: Drop-Off Locations
Requirements:
Min. Ratios. A minimum of two.
Open no less than 28 days before ED.
Min. Hours of operation
Locked ballot box.
Near public transportation.
Required considerations for siting
Implicit: There is much flexibility in DOLs.

14. Election Admin: Special Elections
Implicit: Include Special Election plan in our Election Administration Plan
Requirements:
Different min ratios.
Different siting requirement
Before you can do an SB 450 special…

15. What’s next? SOS-CACEO working group Identify Needs SOS Taskforce
Identify resources
Calendar
Get to work!