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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9282
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9282
(a) For measures placed on the ballot by petition, the persons filing an initiative petition pursuant to this article may file a written argument in favor of the ordinance, and the legislative body may submit an argument against the ordinance. (b) For measures placed on the ballo
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9283
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9283
A ballot argument may not be accepted under this article unless accompanied by the printed name and signature or printed names and signatures of the author or authors submitting it, or, if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization and the printed name a
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9285
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9285
(a) (1) When an argument in favor and an argument against a measure have been selected to be printed in the voter information guide, the elections official shall send a copy of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of the argument against the measure and a copy of a
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9286
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9286
(a) Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and voter information guides and to permit the 10-calendar-day public examination as provided in Article 6 (commencing with Section 9295) for the particular election, the city elections official shall f
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9287
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9287
(a) If more than one argument for or more than one argument against any city measure is submitted to the city elections official within the time prescribed, he or she shall select one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the measure for printing and distribu
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9290
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9290
Whenever the elections official is required to mail official matter, as provided in Sections 9223, 9280, 9281, 9282, and 9285, only one copy of each piece of official matter shall be mailed to a postal address where two or more registered voters have the same surname and the same
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9295
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9295
(a) The elections official shall make a copy of the material referred to in Sections 9223, 9280, 9281, 9282, and 9285 available for public examination in the elections official’s office for a period of 10 calendar days immediately following the filing deadline for submission of t
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9300
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9300
In addition to any other method provided by law, ordinances may be enacted by any district pursuant to this article, except that this article shall not apply to irrigation districts, to a district formed under a law that does not provide a procedure for elections, to a district f
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9301
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9301
Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the governing board of the district by an initiative petition filed with the district elections official. Signatures to these petitions shall be obtained in the same manner as set forth in Section 9020. Affidavits shall be attached to ea
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9302
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9302
Before circulating an initiative petition in any district, the proponents of that measure shall publish a notice of intention. The notice shall be accompanied by a printed statement stating the reasons for the proposed petition. The printed statement shall not exceed 500 words. T
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9303
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9303
A notice of intention and statement as referred to in Section 9302 shall be published or posted, or both, as follows: (a) If there is a newspaper of general circulation within the district, as described in Section 6000 of the Government Code, the notice and statement shall be pub
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9304
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9304
Within 10 days after the date of publication or posting, or both, of the notice of intention and statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, the proponents shall file with the district elections official a copy of the notice and statement as published or posted, or both,
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9304.5
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9304.5
From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9304 until the day after the district elections official determines that the initiative petition does not contain the minimum number of signatures required, the day after the election at wh
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9305
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9305
After filing a copy of the notice of intention, statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, written text of the initiative, and affidavit of publication or posting with the district elections official pursuant to Section 9304, the petition may be circulated among the vote
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9306
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9306
Signatures upon petitions and sections thereof shall be secured, and the petition, together with all sections thereof, shall be filed within 180 days from the date of filing the materials specified in Section 9304 with the district elections official. If the petitions are not fil
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9307
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9307
Each section of the petition shall have attached thereto the affidavit of the person soliciting the signatures. This affidavit shall be substantially in the same form as set forth in Section 9022.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9308
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9308
(a) Except as provided in Section 9309, within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, the district elections official shall examine the petition, and from the records of registration ascertain whether the petition is signed by
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9309
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9309
(a) Within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to Section 9308, more than 500 signatures have been signed on the petition, the district elections official may use a random samp
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9310
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9310
(a) If the initiative petition is signed by voters not less in number than 10 percent of the voters in the district, if the total number of registered voters is less than 500,000, or not less in number than 5 percent of the voters in the district, if the total number of registere
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9311
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9311
The proponent of an initiative may withdraw the initiative at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been found sufficient by the elections official.
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9312
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9312
Whenever an ordinance is required by this article to be submitted to the voters of a district at an election, the district elections official shall cause the ordinance to be printed. A copy of the ordinance shall be made available to any voter upon request. The district elections
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9313
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9313
Except as provided in Section 9314, whenever a district measure is submitted to the voters, the district elections official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the county counsel, or to the district attorney if there is no county counsel, of the county that contains the large
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9314
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9314
(a) Whenever a district measure is submitted to the voters of a water district, the district elections official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the legal counsel for the water district, or to the county counsel if there is no legal counsel for the water district, of the c
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9315
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9315
The persons filing an initiative petition pursuant to this article may file a written argument in favor of the ordinance. The district board may submit an argument against the ordinance. Neither argument shall exceed 300 words in length, and both arguments shall be printed and ma
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Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9316
Elections Code - ELEC - ELEC § 9316
Based on the time reasonably necessary to prepare and print the arguments and voter information guides, and to permit the 10-calendar-day public examination as provided in Article 4 (commencing with Section 9380) for the particular election, the district elections official charge