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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election materials: public examination: writ of mandate: elections official."
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description: "Existing law requires the elections official administering a county, municipal, district, or school district election to make a copy of certain election materials available for public examination in his or her office for a period of 10 calendar days immediately following the filing deadline for submission of those documents. It permits any voter of the jurisdiction in which the election is being held, during that 10-calendar-day public examination period, to seek a writ of mandate or an injunction requiring the amendment or deletion of any or all of the materials. In the case of county and municipal elections, existing law also permits the elections official, himself or herself, to seek the above-described writ of mandate or injunction, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 1626"
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citation: "California AB 1626 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Election materials: public examination: writ of mandate: elections official."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2012-02-09"
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last_action: "2012-08-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ef29b9c-e3db-401c-99d7-2027d3831973"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1626"
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source_hash: "789ceeac61a9d719dd7fe8f488f597da317211ead9df9faebe75d2890030e747"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1626 (20112012) — Election materials: public examination: writ of mandate: elections official.
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Existing law requires the elections official administering a county, municipal, district, or school district election to make a copy of certain election materials available for public examination in his or her office for a period of 10 calendar days immediately following the filing deadline for submission of those documents. It permits any voter of the jurisdiction in which the election is being held, during that 10-calendar-day public examination period, to seek a writ of mandate or an injunction requiring the amendment or deletion of any or all of the materials. In the case of county and municipal elections, existing law also permits the elections official, himself or herself, to seek the above-described writ of mandate or injunction, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/09/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1626&version=20110AB162699INT)
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2. **08/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1626&version=20110AB162697CHP)
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3. **AB1626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1626)
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4. **08/13/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1626&version=20110AB162698ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1626 YAMADA Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1626 Yamada By Yee — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Yamada — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2012-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
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- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4784.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 4437.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:10 p.m.
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- **2012-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 191, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ef29b9c-e3db-401c-99d7-2027d3831973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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