ARTICLE 4. Election

Article 4 enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.

§§ 11641–11656 · 20 sections

§ 11641 Upon receipt of certified copies of the resolutions or of a sufficient petition, the board of supervisors to whom they are presented shall call an election…
§ 11642 Before calling the election the board of supervisors shall divide the proposed district into five wards, the boundaries of which shall be so drawn that each…
§ 11643 Upon establishing the wards, the board of supervisors shall publish notice of the election within the proposed district.
§ 11643.1 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
§ 11643.2 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
§ 11643.3 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
§ 11643.4 The officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and…
§ 11644 The notice shall state the name of the proposed district, and describe the boundaries thereof and the boundaries of the wards provided for the purpose of…
§ 11645 The ballot for the election shall contain such instructions as are required by law to be printed thereon and in addition thereto the following: Shall the “…
§ 11646 The ballots shall also contain the names of the persons nominated in each ward to serve as a member of the board from such ward, showing separately each ward…
§ 11647 Any person may be nominated for the office of director upon written petition of at least 50 voters of the ward in which such person resides.
§ 11648 Candidates for the office of director shall be voted upon at large, and every voter in the proposed district may vote for all of the directors to be elected.
§ 11649 No person shall be entitled to vote at the election unless he is a voter of the territory included in the proposed district.
§ 11650 The election may be held on the same day as any other state, county, or city election, and be consolidated therewith.
§ 11651 The board of supervisors which called the election shall meet on Monday next succeeding the day of the election and canvass the votes cast thereat.
§ 11652 (a) The board of supervisors shall canvass, separately, the returns of each public agency and each parcel of unincorporated territory, if any. (b) Subject to…
§ 11653 No person may serve as a director unless he is a resident and voter of the district as finally determined. Any vacancies on the board caused by the elimination…
§ 11654 The board of supervisors shall also canvass the returns of the election with respect to the persons voted for as directors, and shall declare the persons…
§ 11655 The board of supervisors calling the election shall make all provision for the holding thereof throughout the entire district as proposed, and shall pay the…
§ 11656 If a special election is held exclusively on the proposition of organizing a district, the expenditure therefor shall be reimbursed to the county which called…