0890 Secretary of State
Major Program Changes
  • Parallel Monitoring - The Governor's Budget includes $101,000 General Fund for the Secretary of State (SOS) to implement the provisions of Chapter 501, Statutes of 2007 (AB 917). The legislation requires the SOS to conduct parallel monitoring in counties that use more than one direct recording electronic voting system for a statewide election. In fiscal year 2008-09, the SOS will use these funds to conduct monitoring in the two counties to which the new law applies.

  • Student Voter Registration - The Governor's Budget includes $167,000 General Fund for the SOS to implement the provisions of Chapter 481, Statutes of 2007 (SB 854). The legislation requires specified automated voter registration options for students at California community colleges and California State Universities. These funds will cover the SOS's costs for additional student voter registration processing.

  • Help America Vote Act - The Governor's Budget includes $42.3 million federal funds to continue implementing the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). Of that amount, $38.8 million is to implement the VoteCal voter database system. The remaining $3.5 million is for other HAVA implementation activities including assistance for disabled voters, voter education, voting systems and certification, interim voting systems, and administration.