California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 7 - Secretary of State › Chapter 1 - Voter Registration › Article 3 - County Programs to Identify and Register Qualified Electors › Section 20001 - Minimum Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
As a minimum, each county's outreach program shall contain
					 the following components which shall be described in an outreach program
					 plan:
(a) Consultation. Each program
				  shall include systematic effort by the clerk to consult on a continuing basis
				  all persons who exhibit interest and special knowledge in any outreach methods
				  contemplated by the clerk. This effort shall include, but not be limited to, a
				  gathering of source lists of persons whose interest, knowledge, or experience
				  suggests the potential for meaningful contribution to increased voter
				  registrations in the county.
(b)
				  Publicity. Each program shall make specific provision for publicity on all
				  phases of voter registration, including the training and deputizing of
				  registrars.
(c) Focus; Balance.
				  Each program shall establish priorities for the direction of its outreach
				  efforts. These priorities shall reflect the clerk's assessment as to which
				  specific outreach methods will be the most cost-effective in the county. Each
				  plan shall be reasonably balanced in the allocation of outreach efforts and
				  resources among the major pools of unregistered voters.
(d) Budget. Each program shall include a
				  budget with sections for personnel, equipment and materials for each outreach
				  effort proposed.
(e) Schedule. Each
				  program shall contain a schedule of critical dates and deadlines associated
				  with each outreach effort proposed. This schedule shall be supported by
				  contractual and voluntary commitments, if any, from those responsible for
				  providing products or services to meet these dates.
(f) Solicitation of Local Assistance. Each
				  program shall provide for the solicitation of assistance from local offices of
				  all levels of government and of private entities in providing the incidental
				  use of their premises and/or personnel for the purpose of outreach. The offices
				  and entities whose assistance is solicited shall include those which, in the
				  opinion of the county clerk, come into frequent contact with unregistered
				  electors who would be least likely to register under county registration
				  practices in effect prior to July 1, 1976.
(g) Distribution Controls. Each program shall
				  establish orderly limits upon bulk distributions of registration affidavit
				  forms. Such controls should include, but not be limited to, record keeping,
				  training, and contingency plans for form allocation in the event that supplies
				  become depleted.
All requests for more than 50 registration forms shall be
					 accompanied by a brief statement of distribution plans, which shall be a
					 necessary condition to issuance of the voter registration cards. This statement
					 shall designate the name and address of the person or persons proposing such a
					 distribution plan. This statement shall contain declarations executed under
					 penalty of perjury that reasonable steps will be taken to insure that:
(1) The person or persons distributing such
				  cards to potential registrants will not neglect or refuse to give a voter
				  registration card to any elector requesting one for the purpose of registering
				  to vote; and
(2) The voter
				  registration cards issued will not be altered, defaced, or changed in any way,
				  other than by the insertion of a mailing address and the affixing of postage,
				  if mailed, or as otherwise specifically authorized by the Secretary of State,
				  prior to distribution to prospective registrants and that the affidavit portion
				  of the voter registration cards will not be marked, stamped, or partially or
				  fully completed by anyone other than an elector attempting to register to vote
				  or by another person assisting such elector after being requested by such
				  elector to assist in completing the affidavit.
A copy of all statements for requests exceeding 2000 forms
					 shall be sent to the Secretary of State.