SECTIONS 2145-2148 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 2145-2148

2145. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Student
Voter Registration Act of 2003.

2146. (a) The Secretary of State shall annually provide every high
school, community college, and California State University and
University of California campus with voter registration forms. The
number of forms shall be consistent with the number of students
enrolled at each school who are of voting age or will be of voting
age by the end of the year. The Secretary of State shall provide
additional forms to any school, free of charge, if so requested by a
school.
(b) The Secretary of State shall provide a written notice with
each registration form describing eligibility requirements and
informing each student that he or she may return the completed form
in person or by mail to the elections official of the county in which
the student resides or to the Secretary of State.
(c) (1) (A) Every community college and California State
University campus that operates an automated class registration
system on or before January 1, 2008, shall, through an automated
program, in coordination with the Secretary of State, permit
students, during the class registration process, to elect to receive
a voter registration form that is preprinted with personal
information relevant to voter registration by January 1, 2010.
(B) Any community college or California State University campus
that does not operate an automated class registration system on or
before January 1, 2008, shall, within two years of implementing an
automated class registration system, through an automated program in
coordination with the Secretary of State, permit students, during the
class registration process, to elect to receive a voter registration
form that is preprinted with personal information relevant to voter
registration.
(2) As soon as a community college or California State University
or University of California campus complies with paragraph (1), the
Secretary of State may continue, at his or her discretion, to provide
the campus with voter registration forms unless the campus requests
not to receive the voter registration forms.
(3) The University of California is encouraged to comply with this
subdivision.
(d) The Secretary of State shall submit to the Legislature, on or
before January 1 of each year, a report on its student voter
registration efforts pursuant to this article. This report shall
include estimates as to how many voter registration forms were sent
to high schools, community colleges, and California State University
and University of California campuses, how many voter registration
forms were returned, and how many voter registration forms were sent
out to students through the automated program described in
subdivision (c).
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that every high school and
college student receive a voter registration card with his or her
diploma. It is also the intent of the Legislature that every school
do all in its power to ensure that students are provided the
opportunity and means to register to vote. This may include providing
voter registration forms at the start of the school year, including
voter registration forms with orientation materials, placing voter
registration forms at central locations, including voter registration
forms with graduation materials.

2148. (a) Every high school, community college, and California
State University campus shall designate a contact person and provide
his or her address, telephone number, and e-mail address, when
possible, to the Secretary of State for the Secretary of State to
contact in order to facilitate the distribution of voter registration
cards, as provided under this article.
(b) The University of California is encouraged to comply with this
subdivision.