CHAPTER 2. General Elections [50730. - 50759.]
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.
§§ 50730–50759 · 18 sections
ARTICLE 1. Calling §§ 50730–50732 · 5 sections
- § 50730 There shall be an election in each district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each odd-numbered year at such place in or near the…
- § 50731 In addition to the regular election under Section 50730, upon receipt of a recommendation of the board of trustees or upon receipt of a verified petition of 20…
- § 50731.5 (a) Nominations for the office of trustee shall be made by petition filed with the secretary not earlier than 75 days or later than 5 p.m. on the 54th day…
- § 50731.6 The nomination petition shall be in substantially the following form: Official Filing Petition Nomination of Candidate We, the undersigned voters of…
- § 50732 Notice of the election shall be published by the secretary once a week for four weeks beginning not less than one month prior to the date of election in the…
ARTICLE 1.5. Appointments in Lieu of Election §§ 50740–50742 · 3 sections
- § 50740 If by 5 p.m. on the 54th day prior to a general district election the number of nominees does not exceed the number of trustees to be elected and if a petition…
- § 50741 When no election is held pursuant to Section 50740 then the board of supervisors shall appoint those nominated for the positions of trustee, and if no person…
- § 50742 If pursuant to Section 50740 a district election is not held, the board of supervisors of the county in which the district, or the largest part thereof in…
ARTICLE 2. Conducting §§ 50750–50759 · 10 sections
- § 50750 Each member of the election board, upon entering upon his duties, shall be sworn to a faithful performance thereof by some officer authorized to administer…
- § 50751 If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an election board, the voters present at the opening of the polls may appoint the election board.
- § 50752 The election board shall canvass the votes cast and issue certificates of election to the persons elected, and shall place the ballots, when canvassed, in a…
- § 50753 Each voter may cumulate his votes, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of trustees to be elected multiplied by the number of votes he…
- § 50754 The board of directors of irrigation districts holding title to lands obtained through collectors’ deeds may cast the votes belonging to such lands.
- § 50755 Any qualified voter may challenge any vote, and the election board shall determine whether the person challenged is entitled to vote. Any member of the…
- § 50756 The candidates, of the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected.
- § 50757 Any person who knowingly makes an untrue statement in establishing his right to vote in a district election shall incur all of the penalties provided in the…
- § 50758 If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated,…
- § 50759 No person shall vote by proxy at a district election unless authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing acknowledged and certified in the same…