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(a) The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Superintendent, shall develop educational programming for pupils in grade 12 that shall be implemented in high schools maintained by a school district, county office of education, or charter school. The programming shall include, but is not necessarily limited to, information about the following topics:(1) Eligibility for, and requirements relating to, registering to vote.
(2) Various methods to register to vote, including the ability to preregister to vote.
(3) Acquiring official,
nonpartisan election and voter information from county and state elections officials, including, but not necessarily limited to, accessing their respective internet websites.
(4) How to locate a polling place or vote center.
(5) What to expect when voting in person at a polling place or vote center.
(6) How to complete and submit a ballot through various methods, including vote by mail and in person at a polling place or vote center.
(7) An individual’s rights as a voter.
(8) Accessible voting options for voters with disabilities.
(9) How
to access materials and services that are available in the pupil’s preferred language.
(b) County elections officials, in coordination with school districts, county offices of education, or charter schools, shall further customize the educational programming developed pursuant to this section to include information specific to that county’s election system, including, but not necessarily limited to, information on ballot design, nonpartisan election guides, and election type.
(c) A school district, county office of education, or charter school shall do all of the following:
(1) Implement educational programming pursuant to this section
for pupils in grade 12 at each high school maintained by the school district, county office of education, or charter school.
(2) Implement the educational programming during a presentation or assembly, not to exceed two hours in duration, at the high school campus.
(3) Offer pupils the opportunity to register or preregister to vote during the presentation or assembly conducted pursuant to paragraph (2). This registration or preregistration shall be accomplished through the use of one or more of the following methods:
(A) Paper affidavits of
registration, whereby the school district, county office of education, or charter school shall do all of the following:
(i) Request a sufficient number of voter registration forms for their grade 12 pupils from the county elections official.
(ii) Establish procedures for the proper handling of voter registration forms.
(iii) Notify pupils of state voter eligibility requirements.
(iv) Notify pupils that they may return the completed forms
in person or by mail to the elections official of the county in which the pupil resides.
(B) Use of a device that may include, but is not necessarily limited to, a laptop computer, smartphone, or tablet that can access the voter registration internet website of the Secretary of State.
(d) As used in this section, “educational programming” means a presentation accomplished through the use of methods that may include, but are not necessarily limited to, live speakers, audio-visual content, printed material, PowerPoint, or through a combination of those methods.