ARTICLE 4. Election
Article 4 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1391.
§§ 23550–23566 · 17 sections
- § 23550 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…
- § 23551 The proclamation and notice of election to determine whether a consolidated county should be organized shall be published at least once a week for three weeks…
- § 23552 At the same time that the board of supervisors of each affected county issues a proclamation and notice of election for the purpose of determining whether the…
- § 23553 The notice of election shall: (a) State distinctly the propositions to be submitted. (b) State the names of the counties proposed to be consolidated. (c) State…
- § 23554 All qualified electors of each affected county who have been registered electors of the county 30 days prior to the date of the election are entitled to vote…
- § 23555 Ballots at the election shall contain the words: (a) “For consolidation Yes,” and “For consolidation No.” Each voter shall stamp a cross (+) opposite the words…
- § 23556 Candidates for elective offices of the consolidated county shall file nomination papers at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the governing…
- § 23557 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 article.
- § 23558 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed consolidation is filed with the clerk of the principal county the clerk shall…
- § 23559 The elections official of the principal county shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposed consolidation to be printed and mailed to each qualified…
- § 23560 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 and at the same…
- § 23561 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…
- § 23562 Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.
- § 23563 The board of each affected county shall appoint as election officers three representatives who reside in the affected county represented.
- § 23564 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…
- § 23565 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 board of that affected…
- § 23566 All costs of the election on county consolidation shall be borne by the consolidated county if the county consolidation is effected. If the county…