California Government Code ARTICLE 4 - Election

• Section 23550.
  Upon receiving the commission’s determinations, the board of supervisors of each affected county shall order and give proclamation and notice of an election to be...
• Section 23551.
  The proclamation and notice of election to determine whether a consolidated county should be organized shall be published at least once a week for three...
• Section 23552.
  At the same time that the board of supervisors of each affected county issues a proclamation and notice of election for the purpose of determining...
• Section 23553.
  The notice of election shall:(a) State distinctly the propositions to be submitted.(b) State the names of the counties proposed to be consolidated.(c) State the date of the election.(d) Designate...
• Section 23554.
  All qualified electors of each affected county who have been registered electors of the county 30 days prior to the date of the election are...
• Section 23555.
  Ballots at the election shall contain the words: (a) “For consolidation Yes,” and “For consolidation No.” Each voter shall stamp a cross (+) opposite the words...
• Section 23556.
  Candidates for elective offices of the consolidated county shall file nomination papers at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the...
• Section 23557.
  The election shall be governed and controlled by the general election laws of the state so far as applicable, except as otherwise provided in this...
• Section 23558.
  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed consolidation is filed with the clerk of the principal county the...
• Section 23559.
  The elections official of the principal county shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposed consolidation to be printed and mailed to each qualified elector...
• Section 23560.
  The clerk shall also prepare and mail to the qualified electors of each affected county a sample ballot. The sample ballot shall be mailed with...
• Section 23561.
  The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution of sample ballots and primary elections does not apply to any election held pursuant to this...
• Section 23562.
  Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
• Section 23563.
  The board of each affected county shall appoint as election officers three representatives who reside in the affected county represented.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.)
• Section 23564.
  Immediately on the closing of the polls the election officers shall, in connection with the affected county they represent:(a) Canvass the ballots.(b) Make up and certify the...
• Section 23565.
  The clerk of each affected county shall upon the completion of a canvass of the vote, in the county the clerk represents, forward to the...
• Section 23566.
  All costs of the election on county consolidation shall be borne by the consolidated county if the county consolidation is effected. If the county consolidation...

Last modified: October 22, 2018