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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 316.

316. “Direct primary” is the primary election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 111, Sec. 2. (SB 970) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 317.

317. “District,” for purposes of initiative and referendum under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9, includes any regional agency that has the power to tax, to regulate land use, or to condemn and purchase land.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 319.

319. “Election board” means the board of supervisors of each county, the city council or other governing body of a city, or any board or officer to whom similar powers and duties are given by any charter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 319.5.

319.5. (a) “Electioneering” means the visible display or audible dissemination of information that advocates for or against any candidate or measure on the ballot within the 100 foot limit specified in subdivision (b). Prohibited electioneering information or activity includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(1) A display of a candidate’s name, likeness, or logo.
(2) A display of a ballot measure’s number, title, subject, or logo.
(3) Buttons, hats, pencils, pens, shirts, signs, or stickers containing electioneering information.
(4) Dissemination of audible electioneering information.
(5) Obstructing access to, loitering near, or disseminating visible or audible electioneering information at vote by mail ballot drop boxes.
(b) The activities described in subdivision (a) are prohibited within 100 feet of either of the following:
(1) The entrance to a building that contains a polling place as defined by Section 338.5, an elections official’s office, or a satellite location specified in Section 3018.
(2) An outdoor site, including a curbside voting area, at which a voter may cast or drop off a ballot.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 318, Sec. 1. (SB 35) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 320.

320. “Elections official” means any of the following:
(a) A clerk or any person who is charged with the duty of conducting an election.
(b) A county clerk, city clerk, registrar of voters, or elections supervisor having jurisdiction over elections within any county, city, or district within the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 125, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 321.

321. (a) “Elector” means a person who is a United States citizen 18 years of age or older and, except as specified in subdivision (b), is a resident of an election precinct in this state on or before the day of an election.
(b) “Elector” also means a person described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 300, who, except for the residence requirement specified in subdivision (a), is eligible to vote in this state and meets either of the following conditions:
(1) He or she was a resident of this state when he or she was last living within the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia.
(2) He or she was born outside of the United States or the District of Columbia, his or her parent or legal guardian was a resident of this state when the parent or legal guardian was last living within the territorial limits of the United States or the District of Columbia, and he or she has not previously registered to vote in any other state.
(c) Each person qualifying as an elector under subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be a resident of this state for purposes of this code and Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 113, Sec. 1. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 322.

322. “Electoral jurisdiction,” as used in Division 11 (commencing with Section 11000), means the area within which the voters reside who are qualified to vote for the officer sought to be recalled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 323.

323. “Federal election” means any presidential election, general election, primary election, or special election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting, nominating, or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, or Member of the United States House of Representatives.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 324.

324. (a) “General election” means either of the following:
(1) The election held throughout the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in each even-numbered year.
(2) Any statewide election held on a regular election date as specified in Section 1000.
(b) At each general election there shall be elected to the Congress of the United States:
(1) One Representative for each congressional district.
(2) One Senator, when the general election immediately precedes the commencement of a full term.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 327.

327. “Judicial officer” means any Justice of the Supreme Court, justice of a court of appeal, or judge of the superior court.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 94. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 331.

331. “New citizen” means any person who meets all requirements of an elector of, and has established residency in, the state, except that he or she will become a United States citizen after the 15th day prior to an election.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 186, Sec. 1. (AB 84) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 332.

332. “New resident” means a person who meets all requirements of an elector of the State of California except that his or her residency was established subsequent to the 15th day prior to the election.
The new resident is eligible to vote for President and Vice President and for no other office.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 592, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 332.5.

332.5. “Nominate” means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 78. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 334.

334. “Nonpartisan office” means an office, except for a voter-nominated office, for which no party may nominate a candidate. Judicial, school, county, and municipal offices, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, are nonpartisan offices.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 3. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 335.5.

335.5. The “official canvass” is the public process of processing and tallying all ballots received in an election, including, but not limited to, provisional ballots and vote by mail ballots not included in the semifinal official canvass. The official canvass also includes the process of reconciling ballots, attempting to prohibit duplicate voting by vote by mail and provisional voters, and performance of the manual tally of 1 percent of all precincts.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 336.

336. The “official summary date” is the date a circulating title and summary of a proposed initiative measure is delivered or mailed by the Attorney General to the proponents of the proposed measure.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 373, Sec. 3. (AB 753) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 336.5.

336.5. (a) “One percent manual tally” is the public process of manually tallying votes in 1 percent of the precincts, selected at random by the elections official, and in one precinct for each race not included in the randomly selected precincts. This procedure is conducted during the official canvass to verify the accuracy of the automated count.
(b) In an election conducted using vote centers, a 1 percent manual tally can be conducted using the batch process set forth in Section 15360.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 3. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 336.7.

336.7. “Out-of-state emergency worker” means a voter who is officially engaged in responding to the proclamation of an out-of-state emergency and whose vocation has been identified in an executive order relating to the state of emergency.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. (SB 362) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 337.

337. “Partisan office” or “party-nominated office” means any of the following offices:
(a) President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, and the delegates therefor.
(b) Elected member of a party committee.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 79. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 338.

338. “Party” means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 511, Sec. 2. (AB 1419) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 338.5.

338.5. “Polling place” means a location where a voter casts a ballot and includes the following terms, as applicable: poll, polling location, and vote center. A polling place can serve more than one precinct.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 4. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 338.6.

338.6. “Precinct” means a geographical area within a county that is made up of voters and is formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12. All voters from the same precinct are assigned to a specific polling place for an election. In an election conducted using vote centers, eligible voters from any precinct within the county can use any vote center located within the county.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 5. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 339.

339. (a) “Precinct board” is the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a single precinct or a consolidated precinct. In an election conducted using vote centers, “precinct board” means the board appointed by the elections official to serve at a vote center.
(b) “Precinct board,” when used in relation to proceedings taking place after the polls have closed, likewise includes any substitutive canvassing and counting board that may have been appointed to take the place of the board theretofore serving.
(c) “Precinct board member” is a member of the precinct board and includes an election officer.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 6. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 340.

340. “Presidential primary” is the primary election that is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of any year that is evenly divisible by four.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 111, Sec. 3. (SB 970) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 342.

342. “Proponent or proponents of an initiative or referendum measure” means, for statewide initiative and referendum measures, the elector or electors who submit the text of a proposed initiative or referendum to the Attorney General with a request that he or she prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure; or for other initiative and referendum measures, the person or persons who publish a notice or intention to circulate petitions, or, where publication is not required, who file petitions with the elections official or legislative body.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 373, Sec. 4. (AB 753) Effective January 1, 2010.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 349.

349. (a) “Residence” for voting purposes means a person’s domicile.
(b) The domicile of a person is that place in which his or her habitation is fixed, wherein the person has the intention of remaining, and to which, whenever he or she is absent, the person has the intention of returning. At a given time, a person may have only one domicile.
(c) The residence of a person is that place in which the person’s habitation is fixed for some period of time, but wherein he or she does not have the intention of remaining. At a given time, a person may have more than one residence.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 349.5.

349.5. “Roster” means the official list of voters for an election, which may be in paper or electronic form. The roster becomes the official list of voters who have voted in the election once signed by the voter or marked by the elections official.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 7. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 350.

350. “School measure” means any proposition, including but not limited to, a proposal for the issuance of bonds by a school district or community college district, an increase in the maximum tax rate of a school district or community college district, or the acceptance, expenditure, and repayment of state funds by a school district or community college district to enable the district to construct buildings and other facilities, submitted to the voters of the district at any election held in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 353.5.

353.5. The “semifinal official canvass” is the public process of collecting, processing, and tallying ballots and, for state or statewide elections, reporting results to the Secretary of State on election night. The semifinal official canvass may include some or all of the vote by mail and provisional vote totals.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 355.

355. “Software” includes all programs, voting devices, cards, ballot cards or papers, operating manuals or instructions, test procedures, printouts, and other nonmechanical or nonelectrical items necessary to the operation of a voting system.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 356.5.

356.5. “Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 50, Sec. 31. (SB 1005) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 357.5.

357.5. “Vote center” means a location established for holding elections that offers the services described in Sections 2170 and 4005.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 479, Sec. 2. (AB 1762) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 358.

358. “Vote tabulating device” means any piece of equipment, other than a voting machine, that compiles a total of votes cast by means of ballot card sorting, ballot card reading, paper ballot scanning, electronic data processing, or a combination of that type of equipment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 359.2.

359.2. “Voter list” means the list of registered voters in a single or consolidated precinct or in an entire county. The voter list may be in the form of a walking list, street index list, or other format, as provided by the elections official. The voter list is updated by the elections official with public information related to who has voted in an election.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 806, Sec. 9. (SB 286) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 359.5.

359.5. (a)  “Voter-nominated office” means a congressional or state elective office for which a candidate may choose to have his or her party preference or lack of party preference indicated upon the ballot. A political party or party central committee shall not nominate a candidate at a state-conducted primary election for a voter-nominated office. The primary conducted for a voter-nominated office does not serve to determine the nominees of a political party but serves to winnow the candidates for the general election to the candidates receiving the highest or second highest number of votes cast at the primary election. The following offices are voter-nominated offices:
(1) Governor.
(2) Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Secretary of State.
(4) Controller.
(5) Treasurer.
(6) Attorney General.
(7) Insurance Commissioner.
(8) Member of the State Board of Equalization.
(9) United States Senator.
(10) Member of the United States House of Representatives.
(11) State Senator.
(12) Member of the Assembly.
(b) This section does not prohibit a political party or party central committee from endorsing, supporting, or opposing a candidate for an office listed in subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 4. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 360.

360. “Voting device” means any device used in conjunction with a ballot card or cards to indicate the choice of the voter by marking, punching, or slotting the ballot card.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 361.

361. “Voting machine” means any electronic device, including, but not limited to, a precinct optical scanner and a direct recording voting system, into which a voter may enter his or her votes, and which, by means of electronic tabulation and generation of printouts or other tangible, human-readable records, furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for or against each measure.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 911, Sec. 1. (AB 2631) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 4 - Definitions › Section 362.

362. “Voting system” means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used for casting a ballot, tabulating votes, or both. “Voting system” does not include a remote accessible vote by mail system.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 75, Sec. 4. (AB 2252) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 1 - Election Dates › Section 1000.

1000. The established election dates are as follows:
(a) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.
(b) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd-numbered year.
(c) The second Tuesday of April in each even-numbered year.
(d) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four.
(e) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 111, Sec. 4. (SB 970) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 1 - Election Dates › Section 1001.

1001. The following are statewide elections and their dates are statewide election dates:
(a) An election held in November of an even-numbered year.
(b) An election held in June of an even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and in March of each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 111, Sec. 5. (SB 970) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 1 - Election Dates › Section 1002.

1002. Except as provided in Section 1003, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all state, county, municipal, district, and school district elections shall be held on an established election date.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 19. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 1 - Election Dates › Section 1003.

1003. This chapter shall not apply to the following:
(a) Any special election called by the Governor.
(b) Elections held in chartered cities or chartered counties in which the charter provisions are inconsistent with this chapter.
(c) School governing board elections consolidated pursuant to Section 1302.2 or initiated by petition pursuant to Section 5091 of the Education Code.
(d) Elections of any kind required or permitted to be held by a school district located in a chartered city or county when the election is consolidated with a regular city or county election held in a jurisdiction that includes 95 percent or more of the school district’s population.
(e) County, municipal, district, and school district initiative, referendum, or recall elections.
(f) Any election conducted solely by mailed ballot pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000).
(g) Elections held pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 15100) of Chapter 1, or pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 15340) of Chapter 2 of, Part 10 of the Education Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1081, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 2 - Election Day › Section 1100.

1100. No election shall be held on any day other than a Tuesday, nor shall any election be held on the day before, the day of, or the day after, a state holiday.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 20. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 3 - Statewide Elections › Section 1200.

1200. The statewide general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 21. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 3 - Statewide Elections › Section 1201.

1201. The statewide direct primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 111, Sec. 6. (SB 970) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 3 - Statewide Elections › Section 1202.

1202. The presidential primary shall be consolidated with the statewide direct primary in any year that is evenly divisible by four, and the consolidated primary shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 111, Sec. 7. (SB 970) Effective January 1, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1300.

1300. (a) (1) An election to select a district attorney and sheriff shall be held with the presidential primary.
(2) If the district attorney or sheriff is not elected pursuant to Sections 8140 and 8141, the election described in paragraph (1) shall be deemed a primary election and a county general election shall be held with the presidential general election to select the district attorney or sheriff.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and as otherwise provided in the Government Code, an election to select county officers other than district attorney and sheriff shall be held with the statewide primary at which candidates for Governor are nominated.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), and except as otherwise provided in the Government Code, a county board of supervisors may adopt an ordinance to hold an election to select any county officer other than a county superintendent of schools with the presidential primary.
(3) If a county officer described in this subdivision is not elected pursuant to Sections 8140 and 8141, the election held pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) shall be deemed a primary election and a county general election for the office shall be held with the following statewide general election.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 1003 or any other law, the requirement that the district attorney and sheriff be elected in presidential election years applies to both general law and charter counties, except those charter counties that, on or before January 1, 2021, expressly specified in their charter when an election for district attorney or sheriff would occur.
(d) A district attorney or sheriff elected in 2022 shall serve a six-year term and the next election for that office shall occur at the 2028 presidential primary.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 743, Sec. 2. (AB 759) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1301.

1301. (a) Except as required by Section 57379 of the Government Code, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a general municipal election shall be held on an established election date pursuant to Section 1000.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a city council may enact an ordinance, pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 10000), requiring its general municipal election to be held on the day of the statewide direct primary election, the day of the statewide general election, the day of school district elections as set forth in Section 1302, the first Tuesday after the first Monday of March in each odd-numbered year, or the second Tuesday of April in each year. An ordinance adopted pursuant to this subdivision shall become operative upon approval by the county board of supervisors.
(2) In the event of consolidation, the general municipal election shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable procedural requirements of this code pertaining to that primary, general, or school district election, and shall thereafter occur in consolidation with that election.
(c) If a city adopts an ordinance described in subdivision (b), the municipal election following the adoption of the ordinance and each municipal election thereafter shall be conducted on the date specified by the city council, in accordance with subdivision (b), unless the ordinance in question is later repealed by the city council.
(d) If the date of a general municipal election is changed pursuant to subdivision (b), at least one election shall be held before the ordinance, as approved by the county board of supervisors, may be subsequently repealed or amended.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 83. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1302.

1302. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the regular election to select governing board members in any school district, community college district, or county board of education shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided in Section 1302.5, after the initial election of governing board members in any school district, community college district, or of members of a county board of education, the election of governing board members for the district or of members of the county board of education may be established, upon the adoption of an appropriate resolution by the governing board or the county board of education, respectively, to regularly occur on the same day as the statewide direct primary election, the statewide general election, or the general municipal election as set forth in Section 1301. The resolution shall become operative upon approval by the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 10404.5 or 10405.7, as applicable. If a school district, community college district, or county board of education is located in more than one county, the district may not consolidate an election if any county in which the district is located denies the request for consolidation.
(2) If the board of supervisors approves the resolution pursuant to Section 10404.5 or 10405.7, as applicable, the election of the governing board members of the school district or community college district or of members of the county board of education shall be conducted on the date specified by the board of supervisors, in accordance with paragraph (1), unless the approval is later rescinded by the board of supervisors.
(3) In the event of consolidation, the election of governing board members of the school district or community college district or of members of the county board of education shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable procedural requirements of the Elections Code pertaining to that primary, general, or municipal election, and shall thereafter occur in consolidation with that election.
(4) If the date of an election is changed pursuant to this section, at least one election shall be held before the resolution, as approved by the board of supervisors, may be subsequently repealed or amended.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 25. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1302.1.

1302.1. In a community college district that includes the trustee areas authorized to be established pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 72022 of the Education Code, the consolidation of the election of trustees on the same date as the statewide general election pursuant to Section 1302 may be approved by any county or counties for the trustee areas located entirely within the county or counties. Approval by any county or counties in which the other trustee areas are located shall be deemed to meet the requirement of staggered terms set forth in Section 72022 of the Education Code.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 26. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1302.2.

1302.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when an elementary, unified, high school, or community college district includes within its boundaries the same territory, or territory that is in part the same, as a chartered city, the governing board member elections of the elementary, unified, high school, or community college district may be consolidated with the city election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10. The consolidation shall be effected by the officer conducting the election having jurisdiction of the elementary, unified, high school, or community college district, upon the written request of the governing board of the elementary, unified, high school, or community college district and with the written consent of the legislative body of the city. This section shall control in the event of any conflict with a prior order of the county superintendent of schools made pursuant to Section 5340 of the Education Code.
(b) When a high school district or community college district election is consolidated with that of a city pursuant to this section, and the high school district or community college district has within its boundaries component districts whose elections would otherwise be held on a date specified in this code, the elections in the component districts may be consolidated with the election in the high school district or community college district. The consolidation shall be effected by the officer conducting the election having jurisdiction of the component districts upon the written request of the governing boards thereof and with the written consent of the governing boards of the districts whose governing board member elections are to be consolidated with those of the component districts.
(c) Successors to incumbents holding office upon the effective date of this section, who in the absence of this section would have been elected at a different time, shall be chosen for office at the election nearest the time the terms of office of the incumbents would have otherwise expired. If an incumbent’s term of office is extended because of this section, he or she shall hold office until a successor qualifies for the office, but in no event shall the term of an incumbent be extended to more than four years.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 27. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1302.3.

1302.3. An annual election for members of the board of education shall be held in each unified district that is coterminous with or includes in its boundaries all or any portion of a chartered city or city and county the charter of which provides for a board of education, of five members with five-year terms, with the term of one member expiring each year. The election shall be held annually on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The election shall be called by the county superintendent of schools and conducted in substantially the same manner as prescribed by Section 5000 of the Education Code.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 28. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1302.4.

1302.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a regular election for members of the Long Beach Community College District governing board may be held, upon the adoption of an appropriate resolution by the governing board, on the same date upon which the election for members of the City Board of Education of the Long Beach Unified School District is held pursuant to the City Charter of the City of Long Beach and Article 3 (commencing with Section 5340) of Chapter 3 of the Education Code.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 29. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1302.5.

1302.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon recommendation of the county superintendent of schools and with the approval of the county board of supervisors, the election of governing board members of school districts whose boundaries are coterminous with the boundaries of the county, shall be consolidated with the November general election pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10.
(1) The terms of members of the governing board elected pursuant to this section shall begin at noon on the first Monday after the first day in January following the general election and shall end at noon on the first Monday after the first day in January four years thereafter.
(2) The terms of members of the governing board expiring on March 31 of any odd-numbered year next succeeding any general election shall expire at noon on the first Monday after the first day in January following the general election.
(b) When the term of an incumbent expires at midnight on March 31 of an odd-numbered year and no successor has been elected because of the provisions of subdivision (a), the members of the board whose terms have not expired shall appoint a successor to serve until a successor is elected and qualifies pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 30. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1303.

1303. (a) Unless the principal act of a district provides that an election shall be held on one of the other dates specified in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 1, or except as provided in Section 1500, or except as provided in subdivision (b), a general district election to elect members of the governing board shall be held in each special district subject to Division 10 (commencing with Section 10000) on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a governing body of a special district may require, by resolution, that its elections of governing body members be held on the same day as the statewide general election. The resolution shall become operative upon the approval of the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 10404.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 810, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 4 - Local Elections › Section 1304.

1304. Unless the principal act of a district provides that an election shall be held on one of the other dates specified in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 1, a general district election shall be held in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year to choose a successor for each elective officer the term of whose office will expire on the following first Friday in December.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 5 - Special Elections › Section 1400.

1400. Each special election shall be held on one of the established election dates set by this division or on the date of any statewide special election except as provided in Section 1003.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 5 - Special Elections › Section 1405.

1405. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the election for a county initiative that qualifies pursuant to Section 9118 shall be held at the next statewide election occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election. The election for a municipal or district initiative that qualifies pursuant to Section 9215 or 9310 shall be held at the jurisdiction’s next regular election occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election.
(b) The governing body of a county, city, or district may call a special election for the purpose of submitting an initiative measure to the voters before the date on which the initiative measure would appear on the ballot pursuant to subdivision (a). If the governing body calls a special election pursuant to this subdivision, the election shall be held not less than 88 days nor more than 103 days after the order of the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 748, Sec. 1. (AB 765) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 5 - Special Elections › Section 1410.

1410. The election for a county or municipal referendum that qualifies pursuant to Section 9144 or 9237 shall be held at the jurisdiction’s next regular election occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election or at a special election called for that purpose not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 33. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 5 - Special Elections › Section 1415.

1415. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a city or city and county charter proposal proposed by the governing body of a city or city and county on its own motion that qualifies pursuant to Section 9255 shall be submitted to the voters at the next established statewide general election pursuant to Section 1200 occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election.
(2) The governing body of a city or city and county may direct that either of the following be submitted to the voters at the next regularly scheduled general municipal election pursuant to Section 1301, or at any established statewide general or statewide primary election pursuant to Section 1200 or 1201, occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election:
(A) A charter proposal that proposes to amend a charter in a manner that does not alter any procedural or substantive protection, right, benefit, or employment status of any local government employee or retiree or of any local government employee organization.
(B) A charter proposal that proposes to amend a charter solely to comply with a court injunction or consent decree or with federal or state voting rights laws.
(b) A city or city and county charter proposal that proposes to amend or repeal a charter and is proposed by a petition signed by 15 percent of the registered voters of a city or 10 percent of the registered voters of a city and county, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 9255, shall be submitted to the voters at the next regularly scheduled general municipal election pursuant to Section 1301, or at any established statewide general or statewide primary election pursuant to Section 1200 or 1201, occurring not less than 88 days after the date of the order of election.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 184, Sec. 1. (SB 311) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 1 - ESTABLISHED ELECTION DATES › CHAPTER 6 - Mail Ballot Elections › Section 1500.

1500. The established mailed ballot election dates are as follows:
(a) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each year.
(b) The last Tuesday in August of each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 58, Sec. 1. (AB 3259) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 2 - VOTERS › CHAPTER 1 - Voter Qualifications › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 2000.

2000. (a) Every person who qualifies under Section 2 of Article II of the California Constitution and who complies with this code governing the registration of electors may vote at any election held within the territory within which he or she resides and the election is held.
(b) Any person who will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next election is eligible to register and vote at that election.
(c) Pursuant to Section 2102, any person who is at least 16 years of age and otherwise meets all eligibility requirements to vote is eligible to preregister to vote, but is not eligible to vote until he or she is 18 years of age.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, Sec. 1. (AB 1020) Effective January 1, 2016. Operative September 26, 2016, when the Secretary of State issued the certification prescribed by Stats. 2015, Ch. 728, Sec. 88.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 2 - VOTERS › CHAPTER 1 - Voter Qualifications › ARTICLE 2 - Determination of Residence and Domicile › Section 2020.

2020. The term of domicile is computed by including the day on which the person’s domicile commenced and by excluding the day of the election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 2 - VOTERS › CHAPTER 1 - Voter Qualifications › ARTICLE 2 - Determination of Residence and Domicile › Section 2021.

2021. (a) A person who leaves his or her home to go into another state or precinct in this state for temporary purposes merely, with the intention of returning, does not lose his or her domicile.
(b) A person does not gain a domicile in any precinct into which he or she comes for temporary purposes merely, without the intention of making that precinct his or her home.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 2 - VOTERS › CHAPTER 1 - Voter Qualifications › ARTICLE 2 - Determination of Residence and Domicile › Section 2022.

2022. If a person moves to another state with the intention of making it his or her domicile, the voter loses his or her domicile in this state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 2 - VOTERS › CHAPTER 1 - Voter Qualifications › ARTICLE 2 - Determination of Residence and Domicile › Section 2023.

2023. If a person moves to another state as a place of permanent residence, with the intention of remaining there for an indefinite time, he or she loses his or her domicile in this state, notwithstanding that he or she intends to return at some future time.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 2 - VOTERS › CHAPTER 1 - Voter Qualifications › ARTICLE 2 - Determination of Residence and Domicile › Section 2024.

2024. The mere intention to acquire a new domicile, without the fact of removal avails nothing, neither does the fact of removal without the intention.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)