CHAPTER 2. County Elections [9100. - 9190.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 9100–9190 · 47 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Initiative §§ 9100–9126 · 27 sections

   • § 9100 In addition to any other method provided by law, ordinances may be enacted by any county pursuant to this article.
   • § 9101 Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the board of supervisors by filing an initiative petition with the county elections official, signed by not less…
   • § 9102 Any proposal to enact, amend, or otherwise revise a county charter by initiative petition may be submitted to the board of supervisors and shall be subject to…
   • § 9103 (a) Before circulating any initiative petition in a county, or any petition relating to the annexation of territory by a county, the consolidation of counties,…
   • § 9103.5 From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9103 until the day after the county elections official determines…
   • § 9104 The notice of intention shall contain the printed name, signature, and business or residence address of at least one but not more than five proponents, and may…
   • § 9105 (a) The county elections official shall immediately transmit a copy of any proposed measure to the county counsel. Within 15 days after the proposed measure is…
   • § 9106 Any elector of the county may seek a writ of mandate requiring the ballot title or summary prepared by the county counsel to be amended. The court shall…
   • § 9107 The county elections official shall ascertain the number of signatures required to sign the petition by obtaining the number of votes cast within the county…
   • § 9108 The proponents may commence to circulate the petitions among the voters of the county for signatures by any registered voter of the county after publication of…
   • § 9109 Each petition section shall have attached to it an affidavit to be completed by the circulator. The affidavit shall be substantially in the same form as set…
   • § 9110 Signatures shall be secured and the petition shall be presented to the county elections official for filing within 180 days from the date of receipt of the…
   • § 9111 (a) During the circulation of the petition or before taking either action described in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 9118, the board of supervisors may…
   • § 9112 On or before April 1 of each odd-numbered year, the county elections official of each county shall file a report with the Secretary of State containing the…
   • § 9113 The petition shall be filed by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All sections of the petition shall be filed…
   • § 9114 Except as provided in Section 9115, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the elections official…
   • § 9115 (a) Within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to…
   • § 9118 If the initiative petition is signed by voters not less in number than 10 percent of the entire vote cast in the county for all candidates for Governor at the…
   • § 9118.5 The proponent of an initiative may withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been…
   • § 9119 Whenever any ordinance is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a county at any election, the county elections official shall cause the…
   • § 9120 Article 3 (commencing with Section 9160) shall govern the procedures for submitting arguments for county initiatives.
   • § 9121 Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election.
   • § 9122 If a majority of the voters voting on a proposed ordinance vote in its favor, the ordinance shall become a valid and binding ordinance of the county. The…
   • § 9123 If the provisions of two or more ordinances adopted at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest number of affirmative votes shall…
   • § 9124 The enacting clause of an ordinance submitted to the voters of a county shall be substantially in the following form: “The people of the County of ____ ordain…
   • § 9125 No ordinance proposed by initiative petition and adopted either by the board of supervisors without submission to the voters or adopted by the voters shall be…
   • § 9126 This article does not apply to any statewide initiative measure.
2. ARTICLE 2. Referendum §§ 9140–9147 · 9 sections

   • § 9140 The board of supervisors may submit to the voters, without a petition, an ordinance for the repeal, amendment, or enactment of any ordinance. The ordinance…
   • § 9141 (a) Except an ordinance granting a franchise, the following ordinances shall take effect immediately: (1) Those calling or otherwise relating to an election.…
   • § 9142 (a) Notwithstanding Section 9141, ordinances authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by a county as part of a joint powers entity pursuant to Section 6547 of…
   • § 9143 Notwithstanding Section 9141, that portion of any ordinance that changes supervisorial salaries shall become effective 60 days from the date of its final…
   • § 9144 If a petition protesting the adoption of an ordinance is submitted to the county elections official before the effective date of the ordinance, the ordinance…
   • § 9144.5 The proponent of a referendum may withdraw the referendum at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been…
   • § 9145 If the board of supervisors does not entirely repeal the ordinance against which a petition is filed, the board shall submit the ordinance to the voters either…
   • § 9146 The provisions of this code relating to the form of petitions, the duties of the county elections official, and the manner of holding elections, when an…
   • § 9147 (a) The heading of a proposed referendum measure shall be in substantially the following form: Referendum Against an Ordinance Passed by the Board of…
3. ARTICLE 3. Arguments Concerning County Measures §§ 9160–9170 · 9 sections

   • § 9160 (a) If a county measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, the county elections official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the county auditor and to…
   • § 9161 If there is no other method provided by law, arguments for and against any county measure may be submitted to the qualified voters of the county pursuant to…
   • § 9162 (a) The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board, or an individual voter who is eligible to vote on the measure, or bona fide association of…
   • § 9163 Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments, analysis, and county voter information guides and to permit the 10-calendar-day…
   • § 9164 A ballot argument shall not be accepted under this article unless accompanied by the printed name and signature or printed names and signatures of the person…
   • § 9166 (a) If more than one argument for or more than one argument against any county measure is submitted to the county elections official within the time…
   • § 9167 (a) When an argument in favor and an argument against a measure have been selected for publication in the voter information pamphlet the official responsible…
   • § 9168 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this article shall apply to any district bond election called by, and the returns of which are…
   • § 9170 (a) Subject to subdivision (d), the ballot label or similar description of a county, city, district, or school measure on a county ballot shall end with all of…
4. ARTICLE 4. Mailings § 9180 · 1 section

   • § 9180 Whenever the county elections official is required to mail official matter, as provided in Sections 9119, 9120, 9160, 9162, and 9167, only one copy of each…
5. ARTICLE 5. Public Examinations § 9190 · 1 section

   • § 9190 (a) The county elections official shall make a copy of the materials referred to in Sections 9119, 9120, 9160, 9162, and 9167 available for public examination…