Voter Guide Highlights: Statewide Races Statewide Propositions Congressional Races Legislative Races About this Election Archive of Campaign Promises 2002 Map Series CVF-NEWS County Election Information Follow the Money For more election information, visit CVF's voter guide homepage Join CVF Contact CVF Copyright 1994-2002, California Voter Foundation. www.calvoter.org All rights reserved. cvf Proposition 52 Official Title: Election Day Voter Registration. Voter Fraud Penalties. Initiative Statute. Results YES 40.7 NO 59.3 Official statewide election results are available from the Secretary of State's web site. Campaign Web Sites & Contact Information Follow the Money   Top Ten Donors for and against this proposition   Official Campaign Finance Reports Who Signed the Ballot Arguments News Coverage For More Information... Official Summary: Allows persons who are legally eligible to vote and have valid identification to register to vote on election day at their polling place. Increases criminal penalty for voter and voter registration fraud. Criminalizes conspiracy to commit voter fraud. Requires trained staff at polling places to manage election day registration, creates fund to implement measure, including training and providing personnel for election day registration. Allows persons to register or reregister during 28 days preceding election day at local election offices. Provides more time to county election officials to prepare voter registration lists. Annual state costs of about $6 million to fund counties for election day voter registration activities, thereby resulting in no anticipated net county cost. Minor state administrative costs and unknown, but probably minor, state costs to enforce a new election fraud offense. Web Sites YES www.electiondayreg.com NO www.stopvotefraud.com/nl8.htm Contact Information YES   Yes on Proposition 52 1510 J Street, Suite 230 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 443-7011     info@electiondayreg.com NO   Citizens & Law Enforcement Against Election Fraud 921 11th Street, Suite 600 Sacramento, CA 95814 Contact: Dave Gilliard     info@stopvotefraud.com Who Signed the Ballot Arguments YES   NO Lee Baca, Los Angeles County Sheriff   Honorable Ed Jagels, District Attorney of Kern County March Fong Eu, Former Secretary of State   Roy Burns, President, Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs Barbara Inatsugu, President, League of Women Voters of California   Jill Schall, President, Women Prosecutors of California Rocky Delgadillo, Los Angeles City Attorney   Honorable Jan Scully, District Attorney of Sacramento County   Honorable Mike Carona, Sheriff of Orange County   Sharon Runner, Co-Chair, Citizens & Law Enforcement Against Election Fraud News Coverage For the most current election-related news stories, CVF recommends the Rough & Tumble web site. (please note: some of the links below may no longer work, because many newspaper web sites move stories into fee-based archives after a certain amount of time)   Vote booster meets surprising resistance, The Oakland Tribune, October 15, 2002 Sign up, vote on same day, Sacramento Bee, October 8, 2002 Voters to Consider Signups at the Polls, Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2002 Rob McKay, California Journal, August 27, 2002 Riordan backs voter registration on Election Day, Sacramento Bee, July 25, 2002 Profile: Political Philanthropist Rob McKay Taco Bell heir takes initiative S.F. man would spice voter registration rules, San Fransisco Chronicle, July 14, 2002 State weighs 'same-day registration', San Diego Union-Tribune, July 1. 2002 Registrar skeptical of late vote sign-ups, Contra Costa Times, June 11, 2002 Voting measure heading for ballot, Sacramento Bee, June 6, 2002 Taco Bell heir serves up more convenient, easier way to vote, Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2002 Election day registration heads toward November ballot in California, Electionline.org, May 16, 2002 Initiative would allow election-day registration, San Diego Union Tribune, May 2, 2002 Same-day sign-up for voters proposed, Sacramento Bee, December 21, 2001 Taco Bell heir giving $1 million to last-minute-voter drive, San Francisco Chronicle, November 4, 2001 For More Information, CVF Recommends...   Secretary of State's Official Voter Information Guide Text of the Measure Official Pro/Con Arguments Analysis by the Legislative Analyst   Easy Reading Voter Guide   The League of Women Voters Pro/Con Analysis Back to Propositions Index Page This page first published September 24, 2002 -- last updated November 5, 2002