DIVISION 12. PREELECTION PROCEDURES [12000. - 12327.]
Division 12 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 12000–12327 · 59 sections
CHAPTER 1. Proclamations And Election Orders §§ 12000–12001 · 2 sections
- § 12000 For each statewide election, the Governor shall issue a proclamation calling the election. The proclamation shall be issued by the Governor under his or her…
- § 12001 For a special local election, the governing body of the local agency shall issue a proclamation or a resolution calling the election.
CHAPTER 2. Preelection Notices §§ 12101–12113 · 14 sections
- § 12101 (a) Not earlier than the 127th nor later than the 113th day before any municipal election to fill offices, the city elections official shall publish a notice…
- § 12102 The notice of the municipal election shall be substantially in the following form: Notice is hereby given that a ____ (general or special) municipal election…
- § 12103 At least 158 days before the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall prepare and transmit to each county elections official a notice designating all the…
- § 12104 (a) A notice designating the offices for which candidates are to be nominated shall be in substantially the following form: NOTICE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF…
- § 12105 (a) The elections official shall, not less than one week before the election, publish the list of the polling places designated for each election precinct. (b)…
- § 12105.5 (a) Not less than one week before the election, the elections official shall post a list of all current polling places in each precinct and a list of political…
- § 12106 (a) The elections official shall publish, as provided in this section and Section 12105, the list of polling places designated for each election precinct in…
- § 12107 (a) The elections official shall let the contracts for publication, pursuant to Section 12106, of the list of polling places designated for each election…
- § 12108 (a) The elections official shall ascertain the name of the political party, if any, for which each precinct board member has expressed a preference, as shown…
- § 12109 Whenever the ballots at any election or from any precincts are to be tallied at a central place and not at the precincts, the elections official or secretary…
- § 12110 In case of a municipal election to fill offices, the city elections official shall not later than one week before the election publish a list of the names of…
- § 12111 (a) In case of a municipal election on any measure, the city elections official shall publish a synopsis of the measure at least one time not later than one…
- § 12112 (a) At least 90 days, and not more than 120 days, before the day fixed for the general district election, the elections official of the principal county shall…
- § 12113 For each school or special district, the county elections official immediately shall deliver a copy of all published notices to the district secretary. Each…
CHAPTER 3. Precincts §§ 12200–12288 · 22 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 12200 · 1 section
- § 12200 This chapter applies to all jurisdictions.
ARTICLE 2. Precinct Formation §§ 12220–12225 · 6 sections
- § 12220 The elections official shall divide the jurisdiction into precincts and prepare detail maps or exterior descriptions thereof, or both, and as many copies as…
- § 12221 In any order establishing precincts, their boundaries shall be defined by reference to exterior descriptions or delineation thereof on a map or maps.
- § 12222 (a) No precinct shall be established so that its boundary crosses the boundary of any supervisorial district, congressional district, senatorial district,…
- § 12223 (a) Whenever a jurisdiction is divided into election precincts or whenever the boundary of an established precinct is changed or a new precinct is created, the…
- § 12224 (a) At the discretion of the elections official, the voters of the precinct may be divided into two or more groups, as nearly equal as possible, and one…
- § 12225 Whenever a precinct is entirely owned or controlled by the United States, and no permission is granted by the federal authorities for the establishment of…
ARTICLE 3. Precinct Consolidations § 12241 · 1 section
- § 12241 (a) The elections official conducting local, special, or consolidated elections, or statewide elections other than the direct primary, presidential primary, or…
ARTICLE 4. Precinct Boundary Changes §§ 12260–12263 · 4 sections
- § 12260 (a) The elections official may change or alter any precinct boundaries. (b) If any changes or alterations are made the elections official shall prepare new…
- § 12261 (a) The boundaries of precincts for the general election shall be the same as those established for the direct primary election, except to the extent necessary…
- § 12262 Jurisdictional boundary changes occurring less than 125 days before an election shall not be effective for purposes of that election. Voters residing within an…
- § 12263 The registrar of voters in each county shall make available, upon request by any member of the public, a map in digital form provided free of charge that shows…
ARTICLE 5. Polling Places §§ 12280–12288 · 10 sections
- § 12280 When designating polling places, the elections official shall undertake necessary measures in the locating of polling places to ensure that polling places meet…
- § 12281 (a) If, for any valid reason, the polling place designated for any precinct cannot be used, and this fact is known in sufficient time to allow a mailed notice…
- § 12282 Property exempted from taxation pursuant to Section 214 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall be made available free of charge to the elections official for…
- § 12283 (a) For purposes of this section, “public building” means a building owned or controlled by any of the following: (1) A local governmental agency, including a…
- § 12284 Upon request of the elections official, state-owned buildings, parking lots, and other facilities shall be made available free of charge for use as polling…
- § 12285 A mobilehome may be used as a polling place if the elections official determines that no other facilities are available for the convenient exercise of voting…
- § 12286 (a) At least 29 days prior to the election, the elections official shall do all of the following: (1) Establish a convenient number of election precincts…
- § 12287 A candidate’s residence shall not be designated as a polling place for an election at which that candidate’s name will appear on the ballot.
- § 12287.5 A single-family residence shall not be designated as a polling place if elections officials determine that it has the registered address of a person who is…
- § 12288 A polling place shall not be accessible by a door, window, or other opening to any place where any alcoholic beverage is sold or dispensed while the polls are…
CHAPTER 4. Precinct Boards §§ 12300–12327 · 21 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12300–12327 · 21 sections
- § 12300 Any voter, or any individual who possesses the qualifications set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 12302, may file an application with the…
- § 12301 The persons appointed to serve as election officers for each precinct at any election shall constitute the precinct board for that precinct.
- § 12302 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), a member of a precinct board shall be a voter of the state. The member may serve only in the precinct for…
- § 12303 (a) A person who cannot read or write the English language is not eligible to act as a member of any precinct board. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature…
- § 12304 (a) The composition of the precinct board shall be determined by the elections official based on election precinct size. The precinct board shall consist of a…
- § 12306 The county elections official of any county, in appointing members of the several precinct boards to serve in the direct primary and general elections under…
- § 12307 Upon filing the list of names and addresses of those who have been appointed members of the precinct board, the elections official shall immediately mail or…
- § 12309 (a) Following the appointment of members of precinct boards, the elections official shall instruct inspectors so appointed concerning their duties in…
- § 12309.5 (a) No later than June 30, 2005, the Secretary of State shall adopt uniform standards for the training of precinct board members, based upon the…
- § 12310 Each member of a precinct board shall receive compensation from the governing body of the jurisdiction. This sum shall be paid out of the treasury of the…
- § 12311 No public agency shall be required as the result of any assignment or transfer to pay the stipend of an election officer for services to any person other than…
- § 12312 A person shall not be suspended or discharged from any service or employment because of absence while serving as an election officer.
- § 12313 (a) If any member of a precinct board does not appear at the opening of the polls on the morning of an election, those voters present, including members of the…
- § 12314 The inspector may appoint a voter to replace any precinct board member who ceases to act or becomes incapacitated during the progress of an election.
- § 12315 If the inspector ceases to act, a majority of the remaining members of the precinct board may appoint a substitute.
- § 12316 In constituting precinct boards, the elections official may excuse persons appointed whom the elections official is satisfied ought to be excused.…
- § 12318 (a) Following the notification of the precinct board members appointed pursuant to Section 12307, the county elections official shall mail or deliver to the…
- § 12319 The elections official shall immediately mail or deliver to each person appointed as inspector a notice showing the precinct polling place and the voters…
- § 12320 No person is eligible to act as an election officer until the declaration required by Section 12321 has been signed.
- § 12321 (a) (1) Each inspector shall sign a declaration of intention to faithfully discharge the duties of inspector and shall return it to the elections official at…
- § 12327 (a) If the precinct board members for any precinct have not been appointed or cannot serve, or the polling place has not been designated prior to an election,…