CHAPTER 3. General Elections [41300. - 41443.]

Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 391.

§§ 41300–41443 · 39 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Preliminary Procedure and Nominations §§ 41300–41308 · 9 sections

   • § 41300 An election, known as the general water storage district election, shall be held in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each…
   • § 41301 Prior to the election, the board shall appoint for each precinct, from the voters thereof, one inspector and two judges, who constitute an election board for…
   • § 41302 Not less than 24 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the election by causing a notice to be published once a week for three…
   • § 41303 Affidavits of the publication and posting of the election notices shall be filed with the county elections official of each affected county, together with a…
   • § 41304 The board shall, by order made more than 24 days before the time for election, designate a convenient place within each precinct as the polling place of the…
   • § 41305 Not less than 60 days before the election, any 10 or more voters in any division of the district may file with the board a petition requesting that the name of…
   • § 41306 The petitions shall be preserved in the office of the secretary.
   • § 41307 If, by the 59th day prior to the election, only one person has been nominated as provided in Section 41305 for any elective office to be filled at that…
   • § 41308 Not less than 84 days before a general election, the secretary shall give notice of the provisions of Sections 41305 and 41307 by causing a notice to be…
2. ARTICLE 2. Ballots §§ 41330–41338 · 9 sections

   • § 41330 The ballots used at the election shall be provided by the board.
   • § 41331 One of the judges of the election shall deliver to each of the voters one ballot for the votes to which the voter is entitled by this division.
   • § 41332 Each ballot cast shall contain the number of votes it represents, which number shall be written or stamped upon it by an election officer and initialed by him…
   • § 41333 Each ballot shall have a perforated tab which shall be marked with the initials of a member of the board of election of the precinct immediately before being…
   • § 41334 The perforated tab shall be torn from the ballot by the inspector immediately before the voted ballot is placed in the ballot-box, and shall be preserved by…
   • § 41335 The ballots shall have printed on them the names of all candidates whose names have been filed as provided in this division, with a voting square to the right…
   • § 41336 The names shall be arranged in groups under the designation of the office for which each person named is a candidate, in order determined by random drawing…
   • § 41337 The ballots in each division of the district shall contain names of persons to be voted for as director to represent that division only.
   • § 41338 No director shall be elected by the district at large, unless a court of competent jurisdiction has determined or hereinafter so determines.
3. ARTICLE 3. Conduct at Precincts §§ 41360–41367 · 8 sections

   • § 41360 If the board fails to appoint an election board or the members appointed do not attend at the opening of the polls on the morning of election, the voters of…
   • § 41361 The inspector is chairman of the election board. He may administer all oaths required in the process of an election and appoint judges if, during the progress…
   • § 41362 Any member of the election board may administer and certify oaths required to be administered during the progress of an election.
   • § 41363 Before opening the polls, each member of the election board must take and subscribe an oath to faithfully perform the duties imposed upon him by law. Any voter…
   • § 41364 Unless the board fixes other hours, the polls shall be opened at 6 a.m. on the morning of the election and closed at 7 p.m.
   • § 41365 The board may, in the notice of election, fix the hours for the opening and closing of the polls; but the polls shall be kept open for not less than six…
   • § 41366 A list shall be kept by the election board containing the names of each voter who has voted and the number of votes cast by each. If the ballot is cast by…
   • § 41367 Voting may commence as soon as the polls are opened, may continue during all the time the polls remain opened, and shall be conducted as nearly as practicable…
4. ARTICLE 4. Returns of Election §§ 41390–41395 · 6 sections

   • § 41390 The ballots shall be strung upon a cord or thread by the inspector during the counting in the order in which they are entered upon the tally list by the judges.
   • § 41391 As soon as all votes are counted a certificate shall be drawn upon each of the papers containing the poll lists and tallies, or attached thereto, stating in…
   • § 41392 One of the certificates, with the poll list and the tally paper to which it is attached, shall be retained by the inspector and preserved by him at least six…
   • § 41393 The ballots, together with the other certificate with the poll list and tally paper to which it is attached, shall be: (a) Sealed by the inspector in the…
   • § 41394 If any voter of the district is of the opinion that the vote of any precinct has not been correctly counted, he may appear on the day appointed for the board…
   • § 41395 No list, tally paper, or certificate returned from any election shall be set aside or rejected for want of form if it can be satisfactorily understood.
5. ARTICLE 5. Canvass §§ 41415–41417 · 3 sections

   • § 41415 The board shall meet at its usual place of meeting on the first Monday after each election to canvass the returns.
   • § 41416 If at the time of meeting the returns from each precinct in the district in which the polls were opened have been received, the board shall then and there…
   • § 41417 The canvass shall be made in public and by opening the returns and ascertaining the vote of the district for each person voted for, and declaring the result.
6. ARTICLE 6. Results of Election §§ 41440–41443 · 4 sections

   • § 41440 The person receiving the highest number of votes for each office to be filled at the election shall be elected.
   • § 41441 The board shall declare elected as director the person having the highest number of votes for that office in each division.
   • § 41442 The secretary shall immediately make out and deliver to the elected persons certificates of election signed by him and authenticated with the seal of the…
   • § 41443 The secretary shall enter in the records of the board a statement of the result of the election as soon as it is declared. The statement shall show: (a) The…