ARTICLE 4. Election on Creation of the Proposed County

Article 4 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1392.

§§ 23350–23374 · 21 sections

§ 23350 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…
§ 23351 The proclamation and notice of election provided for pursuant to this article shall be published at least once a week for three weeks commencing not less than…
§ 23352 If the election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed county shall be created results in the county being created, an election for purposes of…
§ 23353 The notice of election shall: (a) State distinctly the propositions to be submitted. (b) State the names of the affected county or counties. (c) State the date…
§ 23354 All qualified electors of each affected county who have been voters of the county 29 days prior to the date of the election are entitled to vote at the…
§ 23355 Ballots at the election shall contain the question: “Shall the new County of (insert the name of the proposed county) be formed?” To the right of or below the…
§ 23357 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.
§ 23358 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against creation of the proposed county is filed with the clerk of the principal county the clerk shall…
§ 23359 The elections official shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the proposed county formation to be printed and mailed to each qualified elector of each…
§ 23360 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…
§ 23361 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…
§ 23362 Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.
§ 23363 The board of each affected county shall appoint as election officers three representatives who reside in the affected county represented and in the boundaries…
§ 23364 If necessary for the purposes of the election, the board of each affected county shall change the boundaries of the election precincts in its county to make…
§ 23365 The elections official of the principal county shall furnish to the officers of each precinct the supplies and equipment as provided for in Sections 14105 and…
§ 23367 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…
§ 23368 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 county…
§ 23369 If upon a canvass of the total votes cast in all the affected counties at the election, it appears that within each affected county more than 50 percent of the…
§ 23372 The board of supervisors of the principal county shall cause a copy of the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 23369 to be filed with the State Board of…
§ 23373 If upon a canvass of the votes cast at the election, it appears that the votes cast for creation of the proposed county are 50 percent or less, of the total…
§ 23374 All costs of an election shall be paid by the principal county, if the creation of the proposed county is defeated, or by the proposed county if it is created…