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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15649
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15649
A county elections official shall only be required to conduct a recount pursuant to this article to the extent funds are appropriated for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or other statute.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15650
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15650
This article does not apply to any primary election.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15651
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15651
(a) If at any election, except as provided in subdivision (b) and an election for Governor or Lieutenant Governor, two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of votes for an office to be voted for in more than one county, the Secretary of State shall forthwith su
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15652
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15652
If the tie vote has been determined pursuant to Section 15651, the person declared elected by the Secretary of State or the election board is entitled to a certificate of election. The Secretary of State, the county elections official or the city elections official, whichever the
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15653
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15653
When two or more persons have an equal and highest number of votes for either Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of State shall deliver a certificate to that effect to each of the tied candidates. Each tied candidate may present the certificate to the Legislature in t
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15654
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15654
In case any two or more persons have an equal and highest number of votes for either Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the Legislature shall, by a joint vote of both houses, choose one of the persons to fill the office.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15670
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15670
This article applies only to: (a) Candidates for delegates to a national convention for the nomination of party candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. (b) Candidates for nomination at the direct primary to offices other than nonpartisan offices or voter
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15671
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15671
In case of a tie vote for member of a county central committee, where the office is to be voted for wholly within one county, the election board shall forthwith summon the candidates who have received tie votes to appear before it, at a time and place to be designated by the boar
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15672
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15672
In the case of a tie vote for an office other than a judicial or school office to be voted on in more than one county, the Secretary of State shall forthwith summon the candidates who have received tie votes to appear before him or her at his or her office at the State Capitol at
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15673
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15673
The summons mentioned in this article shall in every case be mailed to the address of the candidate as it appears upon his or her affidavit of registration, at least five days before the day fixed for the determination of the tie vote.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15700
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15700
It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide guidance in interpreting Section 2.5 of Article II of the California Constitution.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15701
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15701
If a postelection deadline imposed by this code prevents the proper tabulation or recounting of ballots, the county elections official of the affected county may petition the superior court of that county for an extension sufficient to permit the tabulation or recounting of ballo
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15702
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 15702
For purposes of Section 2.5 of Article II of the California Constitution, “vote” includes all action necessary to make a vote effective in any primary, special, or general election, including, but not limited to, voter registration, any other act prerequisite to voting, casting a
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16
A copy of Section 84305 of the Government Code shall be provided by the elections official to each candidate or his or her agent at the time of filing the declaration of candidacy and to the proponents of a local initiative or referendum at the time of filing the petitions.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16000
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16000
The general election contest provisions of this division, exclusive of Article 1 (commencing with Section 16700) of Chapter 8, Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 16800), and Article 1 (commencing with Section 16900) of Chapter 10, shall also apply to the recount of votes cast on
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16002
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16002
When used in this division, “contestant” means any person initiating an election contest. “Defendant” means that person whose election or nomination is contested or those persons receiving an equal and highest number of votes, other than the contestant, where, in other than prima
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16003
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16003
In a contest of the election of presidential electors the action or appeal shall have priority over all other civil matters. Final determination and judgment shall be rendered at least six days before the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16100
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16100
Any elector of a county, city, or of any political subdivision of either may contest any election held therein, for any of the following causes: (a) That the precinct board or any member thereof was guilty of malconduct. (b) That the person who has been declared elected to an off
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16101
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16101
Any candidate at a primary election may contest the right of another candidate to nomination to the same office by filing an affidavit alleging any of the following grounds, that: (a) The defendant is not eligible to the office in dispute. (b) The defendant has committed any offe
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16200
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16200
This chapter shall not apply to elections for the office of state Senator or Member of the Assembly of the California Legislature.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16201
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16201
No irregularity or improper conduct in the proceedings of the precinct board members, or any of them, is malconduct that avoids an election, unless the irregularity or improper conduct is such as to procure the defendant to be declared either elected or one of those receiving an
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16202
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16202
When any election held for an office exercised in and for a county is contested on account of any malconduct on the part of the precinct board of any precinct, or any member thereof, the election shall not be annulled or set aside upon any proof thereof, unless the rejection of t
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16203
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16203
An election shall not be set aside on account of illegal votes, unless it appears that a number of illegal votes has been given to the person whose right to the office is contested or who has been certified as having tied for first place, which, if taken from him, would reduce th
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16204
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16204
An election shall not be set aside on account of eligible voters being denied the right to vote, unless it appears that a sufficient number of voters were denied the right to vote as to change the result.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16300
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 16300
Irregularity or improper conduct shall annul or set aside a nomination only if it appears that illegal votes in the precinct have been given to the defendant, which if taken from him or her, would reduce the number of his legal votes below the number of votes given to the contest