AB 1436: Election day voter registration

When Californians do not register to vote at least two weeks before an election, they are not allowed to vote. Eligible voters are stopped from casting ballots due to an unnecessary – and undemocratic – voter registration deadline. AB 1436 (Feuer) addresses this problem by allowing Californians to register to vote up to and on Election Day. The bill will potentially allow 850,000 more eligible voters in California to register and vote. The law will be implemented after California finalizes a statewide voter registration database known as VoteCal, possibly as soon as the 2014 elections.