California Assembly Proposal Would Make Election Day a State Holiday

California Assembly Proposal Would Make Election Day a State Holiday
Workers sort ballots at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2020. Stephen Lam/Getty Images
Brad Jones
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Lawmakers have introduced a bill that would make Election Day a state holiday in California. The new holiday would take the place of Presidents Day in even-numbered years.

Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), who recently introduced the legislation at the state Assembly’s Committee on Elections, called Assembly Bill 53 (AB 53) “a bipartisan effort” designed to “expand access to voting in the state.”