(a) The Department shall place the following notice in the locations described in subsection (c) of this Section 1003:
“IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS. Any information you provide to the Department of Elections, including your name and address, may be obtained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other agencies, organizations, and individuals. In addition, if you apply for naturalization, you will be asked whether you have ever registered or voted in a federal, state, or local election in the United States. You may wish to consult with an immigration attorney, an organization that protects immigrant rights, or other knowledgeable source before providing any personal information to the Department of Elections and before registering to vote in San Francisco Board of Education Elections. You can find on the Department of Elections’ website a list of nonprofit organizations that specialize in protecting the rights of immigrants.”
(b) The notice described in subsection (a) of this Section 1003 shall appear in conspicuous type in contrast by typography, layout, or color with all other words on each document or website where the notice appears. The words “IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS” shall appear in capital letters. The Director may replace the words “Department of Elections’ website” in the notice with the exact web address where the list described in subsection (d) of this Section 1003 appears.
(c) The notice described in subsection (a) of this Section 1003 shall appear on the voter registration affidavit described in Section 1002 of this Article X and on any other written materials mailed to non-United States citizen voters by the Department. The notice shall also appear on pages of the Department’s website that include information as to how non-United States citizens may register to vote in School Board Elections. The Department may also include the notice on additional materials related to School Board Elections.
(d) The Department shall maintain a devoted page on its website that includes a list of organizations with tax exempt status under 26 United States Code Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) and with a primary mission of protecting the rights of immigrants. To be included on that list, an organization must certify, on a form to be developed by the Department, that it meets the criteria set forth in the previous sentence.
(e) The Department shall translate the notice described in subsection (a) of this Section 1003 into the following languages: Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assyrian, Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chaozhou, Dutch, Farsi (Persian), Tagalog, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Khmer (Cambodian), Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Mien (Yao), Pashto, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rumanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbo Croatian (Bosnian), Serbo Croatian (Croatian), Spanish, Taiwanese, Thai, Tigrinya, Toishanese, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese. The Department shall post these translated notices on its website.
(Added by Ord. 128-18, File No. 180193, App. 5/30/2018, Eff. 6/30/2018)