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Advocates say expanding voter registration will help more Black and Latino Californians have a say at the ballot box. But other voter groups say registering to vote should still be voluntary \u2014 and they don\u2019t see the bill as an effective way to increase voter diversity.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n

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Update:<\/em><\/strong> Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sept. 29 he vetoed the <\/em>pared-back version of Senate Bill 299<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>raising cost and other concerns<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the blistering Sacramento sun outside the Capitol last week, advocates for Black, Latino and Asian communities spoke about the importance of diversifying California\u2019s voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why they\u2019re part of a coalition of 144 organizations<\/a> backing a bill to automatically register people to vote at the Department of Motor Vehicles<\/a>. \u201cWe must ensure that every eligible citizen \u2026 can exercise our rights to vote with as few barriers as possible,\u201d said Sydney Fang, policy director at the advocacy group AAPI-Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill aims to capture the state\u2019s 4.7 million residents who are unregistered but eligible to vote \u2014 and who are predominantly Black, Latino, Asian or younger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is 4.7 million Californians whose voices are not being heard,\u201d Sen. Monique Lim\u00f3n<\/a>, the bill\u2019s author, said at the small rally at the Capitol.

\u201cIt is unacceptable that working-class communities of color continue to be systematically left out of access to political power,\u201d the Santa Barbara Democrat added in a statement after the rally. \u201cWe must take the necessary steps to ensure that California\u2019s diverse population becomes a diverse electorate that truly represents the power of our state.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\uc5d0\uc11c 2022 general election<\/a>, close to 27 million people were eligible to vote in California. About 22 million were registered, and about half voted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal is the latest effort to try to expand California\u2019s \u201cmotor voter law,\u201d<\/a> which directed the DMV beginning in 2018 to register people to vote when they apply for a license or ID or change their address \u2014 if they indicate they\u2019re eligible and unless they opt out. The bill proposes registering everyone who is eligible without prompting, and informing them later with a postcard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the bill, revived from last year<\/a>, has drawn concern from groups that support expanding voter access, including the League of Women Voters of California, the American Civil Liberties Union’s Cal Action political committee and NALEO<\/a>, a nonprofit group focused on Latino civic engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They say registering to vote should be voluntary \u2014 and they don\u2019t see the bill as an effective way to increase voter diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a solution looking for a problem,\u201d said Rosalind Gold, chief public policy officer for NALEO Educational Fund. \u201cRight now, California should not be spending its scarce resources on something that is not going to have any kind of negligible impact on strengthening our democracy, and in fact, could have some harmful consequences.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly\u2019s elections committee on June 26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill would take effect for the 2026 election for governor and other statewide offices \u2014 or when the Secretary of State certifies a system to make sure the DMV can sort out who isn\u2019t eligible to register, including those who are undocumented but get special licenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Secretary of State, despite commenting on previous election-related legislation, declined comment on the bill to CalMatters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric McGhee, senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, said lawmakers should consider whether their goals are to get people\u2019s names into the system and worry later about turning them into regular voters, or whether they want to focus on registering those who are most ready to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt doesn’t do anything, by itself, to turn them into voters and make sure that they vote,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just removes registration as a hurdle.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How past registration changes fared<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Twenty-five states have a form of \u201cautomatic\u201d voter registration at state agencies. <\/strong>California is one of 14 states with a system that prompts you to choose, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>, while another 11 have the kind of system Lim\u00f3n is proposing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since California\u2019s \u201cmotor voter\u201d law rolled out, registration among the state\u2019s eligible voters has gone up from 75%<\/a> <\/strong>\uc5d0\uac8c 83% in January 2024<\/a>. <\/strong>Researchers attribute more than half of that increase<\/a> to the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n