PART 4. UNIFORM DISTRICT ELECTION LAW [10500. - 10556.]

Part 4 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 10500–10556 · 56 sections

• § 10500 (a) This part may be cited as the Uniform District Election Law. (b) As used in this part, the following definitions apply: (1) “Affected county” means a…
• § 10501 It is the purpose of this part to provide a procedure for the election of elective officers of districts. These elections shall be called and conducted and the…
• § 10502 (a) This part shall apply to all districts and agencies whose principal acts so provide. However, the provisions of this part requiring the county elections…
• § 10503 Where this part provides that the principal act shall govern, and the principal act contains no provisions on the matter, the general election laws of this…
• § 10504 Whenever this part requires the secretary of a district to deliver a notice or other information to the county elections official on or before a designated…
• § 10505 The terms of office of elective officers in all new districts shall be determined as follows: (a) If the district is formed in an odd-numbered year, the…
• § 10506 Whenever a district shall increase the number of divisions, if there are any, the terms of office of the offices of director thus created shall be determined…
• § 10507 Except as otherwise provided in this part, the term of office of each elective officer, elected or appointed pursuant to this part, is four years or until his…
• § 10508 The principal act shall govern whether directors of a district are elected by divisions or by the district at large. A governing body may require that the…
• § 10509 On the 125th day prior to the day fixed for the general district election, the secretary shall deliver a notice to the county elections official. The notice…
• § 10510 (a) Forms for declarations of candidacy for all district offices shall be obtained from the office of the county elections official. The county elections…
• § 10511 The declaration of candidacy shall be in substantially the following form: I, _________________, do hereby declare myself as a candidate for election to the…
• § 10512 (a) Each candidate shall set forth in full the oath or affirmation set forth in Section 3 of Article XX of the California Constitution, which shall be filed…
• § 10513 Upon filing each declaration of candidacy, the county elections official shall examine the declaration to determine if it conforms with the provisions of this…
• § 10514 The qualifications of a candidate for elective office, and of an elective officer, of a district shall be determined by the principal act of that district.
• § 10515 (a) If, by 5 p.m. on the 83rd day prior to the day fixed for the general district election: (1) only one person has filed a declaration of candidacy for any…
• § 10516 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any district or agency election, if a declaration of candidacy for an incumbent elective officer of a…
• § 10517 Except as otherwise provided by this part, the county elections official of each affected county shall conduct the general district election for the portion of…
• § 10518 If, within any portion of a county, only one district has scheduled a general district election, the county elections official may authorize the appropriate…
• § 10519 At the request of a district governing body, the county elections official may perform any of the duties of the district secretary and the supervising…
• § 10520 Each district involved in a general district election in an affected county shall reimburse the county for the actual costs incurred by the county elections…
• § 10521 Qualifications of voters of a district, the number of votes each voter may cast, and the method of determining that number of votes shall be governed by the…
• § 10522 At least 125 days prior to the day fixed for the general district election, the secretary of a resident voting district shall deliver to the county elections…
• § 10523 Notwithstanding any provision in the principal act, elections shall be at large in any resident voter district in which there are fewer than 100 voters.
• § 10524 At least 125 days prior to the date fixed by the general district election, the secretary of a landowner voting district shall deliver to the county elections…
• § 10525 (a) At least 35 days prior to the date fixed for the landowner district election, the secretary of a landowner district for which an election has not been…
• § 10526 At least 30 days prior to the day fixed for the next general district election, the county elections official shall have prepared a sufficient number of…
• § 10527 At least 20 days prior to the date fixed for the next general district election, the county elections official shall have prepared a sufficient number of…
• § 10528 Except as otherwise provided by this part, the form of the ballot to be used by the voters of a landowner voting district participating in the general district…
• § 10529 Whenever a candidate has filed a declaration of candidacy, and the candidate’s declaration of candidacy has been certified as sufficient pursuant to Section…
• § 10530 Vote by mail voting shall be allowed and conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with Division 3 (commencing with Section 3000) pertaining to general…
• § 10531 Notwithstanding any law, vote by mail voting shall be allowed in lieu of voting by proxy in an landowner district election in which voting by proxy is allowed…
• § 10532 Nothing in this part shall prohibit a voter of a district, or his legal representative, from voting by proxy if this right is provided for by the principal act…
• § 10533 (a) The county elections official shall prepare for each precinct one voter list and one roster for each ballot form to be used at the polling place of the…
• § 10534 If the county elections official fails to appoint a precinct board or the members appointed are not present when the polls open on the day of the general…
• § 10535 The inspector is chairman of the precinct board.
• § 10536 If during the election any judge or elections official ceases to act, the inspector may appoint a substitute.
• § 10537 If the inspector ceases to act, a majority of the remaining members of the precinct board may appoint a substitute.
• § 10538 Any member of a precinct board may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during an election.
• § 10539 Before opening the polls, each member of the precinct board shall sign a declaration to perform faithfully his or her duties, before the inspector or before…
• § 10540 Candidates’ statements of their qualifications submitted in accordance with Section 13307 shall be filed with the county elections official, who shall cause…
• § 10541 The polls shall open at 7 a.m. and remain open until 8 p.m. In any precinct in which all of the eligible voters have voted prior to the time for closing the…
• § 10542 The principal act of each landowner voting district participating in the general district election shall govern the manner in which the ballot is delivered by…
• § 10543 Voting shall be conducted, the canvass at the polls made, and the returns delivered to the county elections official, except as otherwise provided by this…
• § 10544 A governing body of a district may, by resolution, limit campaign contributions in elections to district offices.
• § 10545 The envelope, certificate with the roster, tally lists, and voter list, shall be all of the following: (a) Sealed in an envelope by the inspector in the…
• § 10546 Recount of votes in any general district election shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 15600) of Division 15.
• § 10547 The county elections official shall commence the canvass of the returns not later than the first Thursday after each general district election.
• § 10548 The canvass shall be made in public and by opening the returns and determining the vote for each person voted for and declaring the results thereof.
• § 10549 No roster, tally list, or certificate returned from any general district election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form if it can be satisfactorily…
• § 10550 As soon as the result of the canvass by the county elections official is declared, the county elections official shall prepare and mail a statement of the…
• § 10551 (a) No later than the Monday before the first Friday in December the county elections official shall declare the elected candidate or candidates. If there is…
• § 10553 The county elections official shall immediately make and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election signed by the county elections official.
• § 10554 Elective officers, elected or appointed pursuant to this part, take office at noon on the first Friday in December next following the general district…
• § 10555 Notwithstanding Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 1, no landowner voting district election shall be consolidated with any resident voter…
• § 10556 No informalities in the conduct of the general district election or any matters related to it shall invalidate the election if fairly conducted.