California Government Code ARTICLE 4 - Election on Creation of the Proposed County

• Section 23350.
  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 23351.
  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 23352.
  If the election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed county shall be created results in the county being created, an election for purposes...
• Section 23353.
  The notice of election shall:(a) State distinctly the propositions to be submitted.(b) State the names of the affected county or counties.(c) State the date of the election.(d) Designate the...
• Section 23354.
  All qualified electors of each affected county who have been voters of the county 29 days prior to the date of the election are entitled...
• Section 23355.
  Ballots at the election shall contain the statement:“Shall the new County of (insert the name of the proposed county) be formed?”Opposite the question, and to...
• Section 23357.
  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 23358.
  If more than one argument for or more than one argument against creation of the proposed county is filed with the clerk of the principal...
• Section 23359.
  The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposed county formation to be printed and mailed to each qualified elector of each affected...
• Section 23360.
  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 23361.
  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 23362.
  Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.)
• Section 23363.
  The board of each affected county shall appoint as election officers three representatives who reside in the affected county represented and in the boundaries of...
• Section 23364.
  If necessary for the purposes of the election, the board of each affected county shall change the boundaries of the election precincts in its county...
• Section 23365.
  The elections official of the principal county shall furnish to the officers of each precinct the supplies and equipment as provided for in Sections 14105...
• Section 23367.
  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 23368.
  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 23369.
  If upon a canvass of the total votes cast in all the affected counties at the election, it appears that within each affected county more...
• Section 23372.
  The board of supervisors of the principal county shall cause a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23369 to be filed with the...
• Section 23373.
  If upon a canvass of the votes cast at the election, it appears that the votes cast for creation of the proposed county are 50...
• Section 23374.
  All costs of an election shall be paid by the principal county, if the creation of the proposed county is defeated, or by the proposed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018