CHAPTER 3. Emergency Elections in Cities

Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.

§§ 10300–10312 · 13 sections

• § 10300 The voters of a city may present a petition to the Governor for the appointment of three commissioners of election pursuant to this chapter if: (a) The city…
• § 10301 The petition to the Governor shall set forth: (a) The name of the city, with the date and manner of organization. (b) The date of the last election for…
• § 10302 The petition shall be signed by not less than 75 persons in the city, each of whom possesses all the qualifications mentioned in the body of the petition. The…
• § 10303 Upon the presentation of the petition to the Governor, he or she shall either act upon it or require additional evidence of the matters set forth in the…
• § 10304 The Governor shall issue a commission to the commissioners, and the issuance of the commission shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity of all the…
• § 10305 The commissioners may, by an order entered in their minutes, call an election for the officers required by the charter of the city, to be elected only by the…
• § 10306 Prior to the election, the commission shall appoint precinct boards and fix the places of holding the election, as required in the city charter. The commission…
• § 10307 Except that the returns shall be returned and delivered to the commission, the precinct boards shall make return of the election as required in the charter of…
• § 10308 Within five days after the election, the commissioners shall canvass the returns and declare which persons were elected. The commission shall issue…
• § 10309 Within 10 days after issuance of the certificates of election, the officers shall qualify and enter upon the discharge of their duties, in accordance with the…
• § 10310 At the first meeting of the governing body of the city after the election, the commissioners shall deliver to the governing body all books and papers in their…
• § 10311 Whenever the officers elected at the election, and the officers authorized by the charter to be elected or appointed by the governing body or executive…
• § 10312 Whenever the government of the city is in full operation, the governing body shall enter a resolution in its minutes declaring that fact. The resolution shall…