Two Orange County assemblymen are sponsoring bills seeking to avert episodes of voter intimidation such as the one that allegedly occurred in last fall's election.
Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) is carrying legislation that would require county registrars to give candidates written copies of laws prohibiting voter intimidation at the time they take out papers to run.
A bill by Van Tran (R-Garden Grove) would make voter intimidation a felony punishable by up to three years in prison.
Solorio's bill will be heard on the Assembly floor Thursday; Tran's bill is in committee.
Supporters of Republican congressional candidate Tan Nguyen sent a letter to registered Latino Democrats last fall falsely stating, in part, that it is illegal for immigrants to vote.
No one has been charged in the case.
