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2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.1.

10204.1. It is the official position of the People of the State of California that our elected officials should vote to enact, by amendment to the U.S. Constitution, congressional term limits which are not longer than three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, nor two terms in the U.S. Senate.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.2.

10204.2. It is the will of the People of the State of California that application be made to Congress on behalf of the People of California and the California Legislature that Congress adopt the following amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
Congressional Term Limits Amendment
Section A.No person may serve in the office of U.S. Representative for more than three terms, but upon ratification of the Term Limits Amendment no person who has held the office of U.S. Representative or who then holds the office may serve for more than two additional terms.
Section B.No person may serve in the office of U.S. Senator for more than two terms, but upon ratification of the Term Limits Amendment no person who has held the office of U.S. Senator or who then holds the office may serve more than one additional term.
Section C.This article shall have no time limit within which it must be ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.3.

10204.3. The California Legislature, due to the desire of the People of the State of California to establish term limits on the Congress of the United States, is hereby instructed to make the following application to Congress, pursuant to its power under Article V of the U.S. Constitution:
“We, the People and Legislature of the State of California, due to our desire to establish term limits on the Congress of the United States, hereby make application to Congress, pursuant to our power under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, to call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution.”
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.4.

10204.4. Each state legislator is hereby instructed to use all of his or her delegated powers to pass the Article V application to Congress set forth in Section 10204.3, and to ratify, if proposed by Congress, the Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.6.

10204.6. Each member of the California congressional delegation is hereby instructed to use all of his or her delegated powers to pass the Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.7.

10204.7. All primary, general, and special election ballots shall have the information “DISREGARDED VOTERS’ INSTRUCTION ON TERM LIMITS” printed adjacent to the name of any U.S. Representative or U.S. Senator who during the first 12 months of the regular legislative session following the most recent general election:
(a) Failed to vote in favor of the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 when brought to a vote; or
(b) Failed to second the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 if it lacked for a second before any proceeding of the legislative body; or
(c) Failed to propose or otherwise bring to a vote of the full legislative body the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 if it otherwise lacked a legislator who so proposed or brought to a vote of the full legislative body the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2; or
(d) Failed to vote in favor of all votes bringing the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 before any committee or subcommittee upon which he or she served in the respective houses; or
(e) Failed to vote against or reject any attempt to delay, table, or otherwise prevent a vote by the full legislative body of the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2; or
(f) Failed to vote against any term limits proposal other than the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2; or
(g) Sponsored or co-sponsored any proposed Constitutional amendment or law that proposes term limits other than those in the proposed Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2; or
(h) Failed to ensure that all votes on the proposed Constitutional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 were recorded and made available to the public.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.8.

10204.8. The information “DISREGARDED VOTERS’ INSTRUCTION ON TERM LIMITS” may not appear adjacent to the names of a candidate for Congress if the Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 is before the states for ratification or has become part of the U.S. Constitution.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.10.

10204.10. At such time as the Congressional Term Limits Amendment set forth in Section 10204.2 has become part of the U.S. Constitution, this article automatically shall be repealed.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 1.2, comprising Sections 10204.1 to 10204.11.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 1.2 - The Congressional Term Limits Act › Section 10204.11.

10204.11. Severability. If any portion, clause, or phrase of this act is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining portions, clauses, and phrases shall not be affected, but shall remain in full force and effect. The portions of this act shall supersede all inconsistent provisions of state law.
(Added June 2, 1998, by initiative Proposition 225. Repealed conditionally as prescribed in Section 10204.10.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10220.

10220. Candidates may be nominated for any of the elective offices of the city in the following manner:
Not earlier than the 113th day nor later than the 88th day before a municipal election during normal office hours, as posted, the voters may nominate candidates for election by signing a nomination paper. Each candidate shall be proposed by not less than 20 nor more than 30 voters in a city of 1,000 registered voters or more, and not less than five nor more than 10 voters in a city of less than 1,000 registered voters, but only one candidate may be named in any one nomination paper. No voter may sign more than one nomination paper for the same office, and in the event the voter does so, that voter’s signature shall count only on the first nomination paper filed which contains the voter’s signature. Nomination papers subsequently filed and containing that voter’s signature shall be considered as though that signature does not appear thereon. Each seat on the governing body is a separate office. Any person who meets the requirements of Section 102 may circulate a nomination paper. Only one person may circulate each nomination paper. Where there are full terms and short terms to be filled, the term shall be specified in the nomination paper.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 25. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10220.5.

10220.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a candidate shall not file nomination papers for more than one municipal office or term of office for the same municipality in the same election.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 508, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10221.

10221. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the signatures to each nomination paper shall be appended on the same sheet of paper, and each signer shall add his or her place of residence, giving the street and number, if any, or another designation of his or her place of residence, so as to enable its location to be readily ascertained.
(b) Once a nomination paper is filed with the elections official, the nomination paper may not be returned to the candidate to obtain additional signatures. If the nomination paper is determined to be insufficient or the candidate fails to obtain the correct number of valid signatures on his or her nomination paper, the elections official shall retain the original nomination paper, provide a copy of the nomination paper to the candidate with an indication on of which signatures are valid, and issue one supplemental petition to the candidate on which the candidate may collect additional signatures. The supplemental petition shall be filed not later than the last day for filing for that office. The form of the supplemental petition shall be the same as the nomination paper, except that the word “Supplemental” shall be inserted above the phrase “Nomination Paper.”
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 785, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10222.

10222. Every nomination paper shall have annexed an affidavit of the person who circulated it, to the effect that he or she saw written all the signatures appended thereto, and knows that they are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10223.

10223. Each nomination paper shall be accompanied by a verified statement of the candidate that he or she will accept the nomination, and will also accept the office in the event of his election. The statement shall contain a blank space wherein the candidate shall be required to fill in his or her name in the manner in which he or she wishes the same to appear on the ballot and also the designation which he or she wishes to have under his or her name on the ballot, which designation shall conform to one of the designations permitted under this code relating to the forms of ballots generally.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10224.

10224. All nomination papers shall be filed with the city elections official during regular business hours as posted, not later than the 88th day before the election. Until that time, but not after, a candidate may withdraw his or her nomination paper after it is filed with the elections official as provided in this section.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10224.5.

10224.5. No later than three days before the deadline for submission of nomination papers for a municipal election, the city elections official shall post on the city’s internet website, or publish a public notice that includes all of the following:
(a) A list of the offices to be filled.
(b) Whether the city elections official has furnished nomination papers to the incumbent for each open office.
(c) Whether, due to redistricting, there is no eligible incumbent for an open office.
(d) The location where nomination papers may be obtained.
(e) The location, dates, and hours of operation of the office where completed nomination papers may be filed.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 870, Sec. 4. (SB 386) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10225.

10225. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 10220 and 10224, if nomination papers for an incumbent officer of the city are not filed by or on the 88th day before the election, during normal business hours, as posted, the voters shall have until the 83rd day before the election during normal business hours, as posted, to nominate candidates other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day, for that incumbent’s elective office.
(b) This section is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected. If this section is applicable, notwithstanding Section 10224, a candidate may withdraw his or her nomination paper until the 83rd day before the election during normal business hours, as posted.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 153. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10226.

10226. The nomination papers and affidavits shall be substantially in the following form:
“NOMINATION PAPER
We, the undersigned voters of the ____ of ____ here­by nominate ____ for the office of ____ of the city:
Name
Residence
AFFIDAVIT OF THE CIRCULATOR
State of California
County of
⎱
⎰
ss.
I, ______, solemnly swear (or affirm) all of the following:
1.That I am 18 years of age or older.
2.That my residence address, including street and number, is
.
[If no street or number exists, a designation of my residence adequate to readily ascertain its location is
.]
3.That the signatures on this nomination paper were obtained between _____, 2__, and _____, 2__; that I circulated this petition and I saw the signatures on this section of the nomination papers being written; and that, to the best of my information and belief, each signature is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.
(Signature)
I certify (or declare) under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the
State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed by me at ____, on ____, 2__.
AFFIDAVIT OF THE NOMINEE
State of California
County of
⎱
⎰
ss.
______ being duly sworn, says that he or she is the above-named nominee
for the office of ____, that he or she will accept the office in the event of his
or her election, that he or she desires his or her name to appear on the ballot
as follows:
(Print name above),
and that he or she desires the following designation to appear on the ballot
under his or her name:
(Print desired designation above),
and that his or her residence address is .
(Print residence address as provided by affiant)
I certify (or declare) under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed by me at ____, on ____, 2___.”
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 278, Sec. 26. (SB 213) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10227.

10227. All forms required for nomination and election to all municipal offices shall be furnished only by the city elections official during regular business hours. At the time of issuance of those forms the city elections official shall type in the forms the name of the candidate and the office for which he is a candidate, shall imprint a stamp which reads “Official Filing Form,” and shall affix his or her signature. At the time nomination papers are issued to a candidate, the city elections official shall imprint the date. The forms shall be distributed without charge to all candidates applying for them.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10228.

10228. A filing fee proportionate to the costs of processing a candidate’s nomination papers or a candidate’s supplemental nomination papers filed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10221 as determined by the city council and set by ordinance, but not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25), may be imposed, to be paid upon the filing of the nomination papers.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 785, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 2 - Nomination of Candidates › Section 10230.

10230. If the date of a general municipal election is changed by municipal ordinance pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10403.5 or by charter, the period to file as a candidate for the general municipal election shall be the same as the nomination period to file as a candidate for the election in which the general municipal election is consolidated, notwithstanding Section 10220.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 46.5. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Elections › Section 10240.

10240. The city elections official shall have the necessary ballots printed and shall procure and furnish to the election officers the necessary supplies and equipment as specified in Sections 14105 and 14110. The elections official shall see that they are properly distributed to each precinct prior to the opening of the polls on the day of election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Elections › Section 10241.

10241. Before opening the polls, the election officers shall sign a declaration to discharge faithfully the duties of an election officer, before the inspector or before any other of themselves.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Elections › Section 10242.

10242. The polls shall be open on the day of election between the hours that the governing body determines, but not less than eight consecutive hours. The hours of opening and closing the polls shall be specified in the notice of election, or shall otherwise be the same as provided for general elections. Before the precinct board receives any ballots, it shall cause it to be proclaimed aloud at the place of election that the polls are open.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 3 - Conduct of Elections › Section 10243.

10243. A majority of the members of any precinct board shall be present at the polling place at all times while the polling place is open.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10260.

10260. The votes shall be counted, the result of the votes cast shall be posted, the supplies and records of the election shall be returned to the city elections official and shall be disposed of by him or her in accordance with the provisions of this code governing elections generally, so far as they may be applicable.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10261.

10261. The city elections official, or a canvassing board appointed by him or her, shall count the votes cast by vote by mail voters. The city elections official or board shall commence this count as soon as the polls close on the day of election, and the count shall continue, for not less than six hours each day providing ballots remain to be counted, until all vote by mail voter ballots have been received within the time provided by law. The result of the vote by mail vote count shall be included with the canvass of returns from the precincts.
The canvassing board, if any, shall be appointed, and the vote by mail vote count shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 15000) of Division 15, insofar as that chapter is not inconsistent with this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 508, Sec. 67. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10262.

10262. The canvass shall be conducted by the elections official. Sections 15302 and 15303 shall govern the conduct of the canvass. Upon the completion of the canvass, the elections official shall certify the results to the governing body.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the canvass shall be completed by the elections official no later than the fourth Friday after the election. Upon completion of the canvass, the elections official shall certify the results to the governing body which shall, no later than the fourth Friday after the election, comply with the applicable provisions of Section 10263.
(b) For a consolidated election, the city elections official, upon receipt of the results of the election from the elections official conducting the election, shall certify the results to the governing body which shall, no later than the next regularly scheduled city council meeting following presentation of the 28-day canvass of the returns, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, comply with the applicable provisions of Section 10263.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 785, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10263.

10263. Upon the completion of the canvass and before installing the new officers, the governing body shall adopt a resolution reciting the fact of the election and the other matters that are enumerated in Section 10264. The governing body shall declare elected the persons for whom the highest number of votes were cast for each office.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing body shall meet at its usual place of meeting no later than the fourth Friday after the election to declare the results and to install the newly elected officers.
(b) For a consolidated election, the governing body shall meet at its usual place of meeting no later than the next regularly scheduled city council meeting following presentation of the 28-day canvass of the returns, or at a special meeting called for this purpose, to declare the results and to install the newly elected officers.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 785, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10264.

10264. As soon as the result of the election is declared, the elections official of the governing body shall enter on its records a statement of the result.
The statement shall show:
(a) The whole number of votes cast in the city.
(b) The names of the persons voted for.
(c) The measures voted upon.
(d) For what office each person was voted for.
(e) The number of votes given at each precinct to each person and for and against each measure.
(f) The number of votes given in the city to each person and for and against each measure.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10265.

10265. The elections official shall immediately sign and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election. He or she shall also administer to each person elected the oath of office prescribed in the California Constitution.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Regulations Governing Elections in Cities › ARTICLE 4 - Canvass of Ballots and Returns › Section 10266.

10266. Recount of votes in municipal elections shall be governed by Article 1 (commencing with Section 15600) of Chapter 12 of Division 15.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10300.

10300. The voters of a city may present a petition to the Governor for the appointment of three commissioners of election pursuant to this chapter if:
(a) The city has failed to elect officers in accordance with its charter, and there are no officers to carry on the city government, or the city has failed to call an election of officers.
(b) The city has attempted to adopt a freeholders charter under the State Constitution, and has failed to legally elect officers, and the freeholders charter is held to be invalid.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10301.

10301. The petition to the Governor shall set forth:
(a) The name of the city, with the date and manner of organization.
(b) The date of the last election for officers; whether they are performing their duties, and if not, how long since they have ceased to do so.
(c) The provision of the charter relating to the qualifications of voters.
(d) That each person signing the petition possesses the qualifications provided for voters by the charter.
(e) That each of the signers of the petition is a householder and freeholder in the city.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10302.

10302. The petition shall be signed by not less than 75 persons in the city, each of whom possesses all the qualifications mentioned in the body of the petition. The petition shall be verified by at least two of the signers, that, of their own knowledge, the petition is true, and that all the signers are qualified.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10303.

10303. Upon the presentation of the petition to the Governor, he or she shall either act upon it or require additional evidence of the matters set forth in the petition. Upon being satisfied of the truth of the matters set forth in the petition, the Governor shall appoint three persons as commissioners of election for that city. The commission shall be known as the board of election commissioners for (here give name of the city).
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10304.

10304. The Governor shall issue a commission to the commissioners, and the issuance of the commission shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings to and including the appointment of the commissioners. Within 10 days after their appointment, the commissioners shall take the constitutional oath of office before some officer authorized to administer oaths. The oath shall be indorsed upon the commission, and a copy filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The commission shall organize by the election of a president and secretary from their own members. The commission shall keep minutes of all its proceedings, which minutes shall be signed at the close of each meeting by the president and secretary.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10305.

10305. The commissioners may, by an order entered in their minutes, call an election for the officers required by the charter of the city, to be elected only by the voters in the city. The order shall specify the names of the offices to be filled and the date of the election. When any office is to be filled by an election in any ward or subdivision of the city, the order shall so state.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10306.

10306. Prior to the election, the commission shall appoint precinct boards and fix the places of holding the election, as required in the city charter. The commission shall cause notice of the election to be published in one or more newspapers published in the city, or if none is published therein, then by posting notices for at least 20 days before election. The election shall be conducted as required by the city charter for the election of officers, except that it shall not be necessary to use printed registers. If a voter is challenged on the ground that his or her name does not appear on the register of the county, it shall be sufficient for him or her to state, under oath, that he or she believes his or her name is upon the register, and if no other evidence is offered, the precinct board shall accept that statement as true.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10307.

10307. Except that the returns shall be returned and delivered to the commission, the precinct boards shall make return of the election as required in the charter of all officers voted for at the election, without reference to whether they were voted for in the whole or only a ward or subdivision of the city. A member of a precinct board shall not issue a certificate of election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10308.

10308. Within five days after the election, the commissioners shall canvass the returns and declare which persons were elected. The commission shall issue certificates of election to the persons so declared to be elected. The certificates shall be signed by all the commissioners, and shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings taken in the election and by the commission, except as against any suit or proceeding to oust from office any person holding a certificate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10309.

10309. Within 10 days after issuance of the certificates of election, the officers shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties, in accordance with the charter. If any person chosen at the election fails to take the oath of office and enter upon the discharge of his or her duties within the time above specified, the office to which he or she shall have been elected shall be deemed vacant.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10310.

10310. At the first meeting of the governing body of the city after the election, the commissioners shall deliver to the governing body all books and papers in their possession, relating to their office of election commissioners. The governing body shall cause them to be filed by their elections official, and shall cause the commission issued by the Governor to the commissioners, the minutes of the commissioners, and notice of the election to be entered in the book of minutes of the governing body. These entries shall thereupon be evidence of all the matters therein stated, and as conclusive as the originals.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10311.

10311. Whenever the officers elected at the election, and the officers authorized by the charter to be elected or appointed by the governing body or executive department of the city, have qualified and entered upon the discharge of their duties, the city shall be as fully organized and in operation as if the election had been held at the time and in the manner required by the charter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 2 - MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities › Section 10312.

10312. Whenever the government of the city is in full operation, the governing body shall enter a resolution in its minutes declaring that fact. The resolution shall be conclusive evidence of that fact, except as against a direct action or proceeding to set aside or annul the government.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10400.

10400. Whenever two or more elections, including bond elections, of any legislative or congressional district, public district, city, county or other political subdivision are called to be held on the same day, in the same territory, or in territory that is in part the same, they may be consolidated pursuant to this chapter upon the order of the governing body or bodies or officer or officers calling the elections.
The elections, whether held under a freeholder charter or under any state law, or both, may be consolidated, and different elections called by the same governing body may be consolidated.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 199, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10401.

10401. Where one of the elections to be consolidated is a statewide election, the board of supervisors of the county in which the consolidation is to be effected may order the consolidation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10402.

10402. When local elections are to be consolidated, and no specific procedure is specified for their consolidation, the procedure set forth in Section 10403 shall govern the consolidation, except that the governing body of the jurisdiction that receives a request for the consolidation, or an officer otherwise authorized by law, may order the consolidation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10402.5.

10402.5. Any state, county, municipal, district, and school district election held on a statewide election date pursuant to Section 1002 shall be consolidated with the statewide election pursuant to this part except that, in counties of the first class, the board of supervisors may deny any request for consolidation if it finds that the ballot style, voting equipment, or computer capacity is such that additional elections or materials cannot be handled. The procedural requirements prescribed for that type of election shall be construed as if this section were specifically set forth in the provisions relating to that election.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1143, Sec. 47. Effective September 30, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10403.

10403. (a) Whenever an election called by a district, city, or other political subdivision for the submission of a question, proposition, or office to be filled is to be consolidated with a statewide election, and the question, proposition, or office to be filled is to appear upon the same ballot as that provided for the statewide election, the district, city, or other political subdivision shall, at least 88 days prior to the date of the election, file with the board of supervisors, and a copy with the elections official, a resolution of its governing board that does all of the following:
(1) Requests that the district, city, or other political subdivision election be consolidated with the statewide election.
(2) Sets forth the exact form of the question, proposition, or office to be voted upon at the election, as it is to appear on the ballot. The question or proposition to appear on the ballot shall conform to this code governing the wording of propositions submitted to the voters at a statewide election.
(3) Acknowledges that the consolidated election will be held and conducted in the manner prescribed in Section 10418.
(b) The resolution requesting the consolidation shall be adopted and filed at the same time as the adoption of the ordinance, resolution, or order calling the election.
(c) The names of the candidates to appear upon the ballot where district, city, or other political subdivision offices are to be filled shall be filed with the county elections official no later than 81 days prior to the election.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 98, Sec. 1. (AB 331) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10403.5.

10403.5. (a) (1) Any city ordinance requiring its general municipal election to be held on a day specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1301 shall be approved by the board of supervisors unless the ballot style, voting equipment, or computer capability is such that additional elections or materials cannot be handled. Prior to adoption of a resolution to either approve or deny a consolidation request, the board or boards of supervisors shall each obtain from the elections official a report on the cost-effectiveness of the proposed action.
(2) A city, by itself or in concert with other cities, may purchase or otherwise contribute to the purchase of elections equipment, including, but not limited to, a computer for the purposes of conducting a consolidated election when the equipment shall be owned by the county.
(b) As a result of the adoption of an ordinance pursuant to this section, no term of office shall be increased or decreased by more than 12 months. As used in this subdivision, “12 months” means the period between the day upon which the term of office would otherwise have commenced and the first Tuesday after the second Monday in the 12th month before or after that day, inclusive.
(c) If an election is held on a day specified in subdivision (b) of Section 1301, and the election is consolidated with another election this part, except Section 10403, shall govern the consolidation and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the municipal election, Section 10002 shall be applicable to that election.
(d) If a general municipal election is held on the same day as a statewide election, those city officers whose terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the ordinance, expired no later than the next regularly scheduled city council meeting after receipt of the certification of the results from the elections official shall, instead, continue in their offices until not later than that meeting.
(e) Within 30 days after the ordinance becomes operative, the city elections official shall cause a notice to be mailed to all registered voters informing the voters of the change in the election date. The notice shall also inform the voters that as a result in the change in the election date, the terms of office of the elected city officeholders will be changed.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 785, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Elections Code - ELEC › DIVISION 10 - LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS › PART 3 - CONSOLIDATION OF ELECTIONS › Section 10404.5.

10404.5. (a) A resolution of the governing board of a school district or county board of education to establish an election day pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1302 shall be adopted and submitted to the board of supervisors not later than 240 days prior to the date of the currently scheduled election of the district or for the members of the county board of education.
(b) The final date for the submission of the resolution by the governing board of a school district or county board of education to the board of supervisors is not subject to waiver.
(c) The board of supervisors shall notify all school districts and the county board of education located in the county of the receipt of the resolution to consolidate and shall request input from each district on the effect of consolidation.
(d) (1) The board of supervisors, within 60 days from the date of submission, shall approve the resolution unless it finds that the ballot style, voting equipment, or computer capacity is such that additional elections or materials cannot be handled. Prior to the adoption of a resolution to either approve or deny a consolidation request, the board or boards of supervisors may obtain from the elections official a report on the cost-effectiveness of the proposed action.
(2) Public notices of the proceedings in which the resolution is to be considered for adoption shall be made pursuant to Section 25151 of the Government Code.
(e) Within 30 days after the approval of the resolution by the board of supervisors, the elections official shall notify all registered voters of the districts affected by the consolidation of the approval of the resolution by the board of supervisors. The notice shall be delivered by mail and at the expense of the school district or if applicable, the county board of education.
(f) An election day established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1302 shall be prescribed to occur not less than one month, nor more than 12 months, subsequent to the election day prescribed in Section 5000 of the Education Code or pursuant to Section 1007 of the Education Code, as appropriate. As used in this subdivision, “12 months” means the period from the election day prescribed in Section 5000 of the Education Code or pursuant to Section 1007 of the Education Code, as appropriate, to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the 12th month subsequent to that day, inclusive.
(g) In the event that the election day for a school district governing board or county board of education is established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1302, the term of office of all then incumbent members of that governing board or county board of education shall be extended accordingly.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 227, Sec. 16. Effective August 16, 2004.)