California Elections Code CHAPTER 3 - Emergency Elections in Cities

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018