ARTICLE 4.5. Election to Select County Officers and Location of County Seat in the Approved County

Article 4.5 added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 370.

§§ 23374.1–23374.19 · 19 sections

• § 23374.1 If the election for the purpose of determining whether the proposed county shall be created results in the county’s creation being approved, an election for…
• § 23374.2 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…
• § 23374.3 The content of the notice of election for the election to select the county officers for the approved county and the location of the county seat in the…
• § 23374.4 All registered voters residing in the boundaries of the approved county, who have been registered voters of the approved county 29 days prior to the election…
• § 23374.5 Ballots at the election provided for in this article shall contain the question: “Shall (insert the name of the county seat as determined by commission) be the…
• § 23374.6 Candidates for elective offices of the approved county shall file nomination papers at the same time and in the same manner as candidates for the governing…
• § 23374.7 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.
• § 23374.8 The clerk of the principal county shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the election of county officers for the approved county and the location of the…
• § 23374.9 The clerk shall also prepare and mail to the registered voters of the approved county a sample ballot. The sample ballot shall be mailed with and at the same…
• § 23374.10 The law relating to the preparation, printing, and distribution of sample ballots and general elections does not apply to any election held pursuant to this…
• § 23374.11 Except as otherwise provided by this article, the election shall be conducted as other elections in the principal county.
• § 23374.12 The election officers appointed pursuant to Section 23363 for purposes of the election held to determine whether the proposed county shall be created shall…
• § 23374.13 The elections official of the principal county shall furnish to the officers of each precinct in the approved county the supplies and equipment as provided for…
• § 23374.14 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…
• § 23374.15 The clerk of the principal county shall, upon the completion of a canvass of the vote, forward to the board of the principal county a certified copy of the…
• § 23374.16 Upon receiving a certified copy of the results of the canvass, the board of supervisors of the principal county, by resolution, shall: (a) Declare the results…
• § 23374.17 The clerk of the principal county shall immediately make out and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election, authenticated by his signature and…
• § 23374.18 All the officers elected at the election shall hold their offices until the times provided by general law for the election and qualification of such officers,…
• § 23374.19 All costs of an election shall first be paid by the principal county. The new county shall then reimburse the principal county for all costs of the election…