California Government Code ARTICLE 4.5 - Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County

• Section 23374.1.
  If the election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed county shall be created results in the county’s creation being approved, an election for...
• Section 23374.2.
  The proclamation and notice of election provided for pursuant to this article shall be published at least once a week for three weeks commencing not...
• Section 23374.3.
  The content of the notice of election for the election to select the county officers for the approved county and the location of the county...
• Section 23374.4.
  All registered voters residing in the boundaries of the approved county, who have been registered voters of the approved county 29 days prior to the...
• Section 23374.5.
  Ballots at the election provided for in this article shall contain the statement: “For (name of county seat as determined by commission)” as county seatOpposite the statement,...
• Section 23374.6.
  Candidates for elective offices of the approved county shall file nomination papers at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the...
• Section 23374.7.
  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 23374.8.
  The clerk of the principal county shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the election of county officers for the approved county and the location of...
• Section 23374.9.
  The clerk shall also prepare and mail to the registered voters of the approved county a sample ballot. The sample ballot shall be mailed with...
• Section 23374.10.a.
  The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution of sample ballots and general elections does not apply to any election held pursuant to this...
• Section 23374.11.
  Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.)
• Section 23374.12.
  The election officers appointed pursuant to Section 23363 for purposes of the election held to determine whether the proposed county shall be created shall also...
• Section 23374.13.
  The elections official of the principal county shall furnish to the officers of each precinct in the approved county the supplies and equipment as provided...
• Section 23374.14.
  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 23374.15.
  The clerk of the principal county shall, upon the completion of a canvass of the vote, forward to the board of the principal county a...
• Section 23374.16.
  Upon receiving a certified copy of the results of the canvass, the board of supervisors of the principal county, by resolution, shall:(a) Declare the results of...
• Section 23374.17.
  The clerk of the principal county shall immediately make out and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election, authenticated by his signature and...
• Section 23374.18.
  All the officers elected at the election shall hold their offices until the times provided by general law for the election and qualification of such...
• Section 23374.19.
  All costs of an election shall first be paid by the principal county. The new county shall then reimburse the principal county for all costs...

Last modified: October 22, 2018