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Chapter 2. Conduct Of Mail Ballot Elections of California Elections Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 2.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, mail ballot
elections shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 3000) of Division 3.
Notwithstanding Sections 13300 and 13303, the elections
official shall not commence to mail the combined sample ballot and
mail ballot prior to the 29th day before the election and shall
complete the mailing by the 10th day before the election.
The elections official may include in the mailings set forth
in Section 4101 a printed notice to the voters informing the voters
that they may return the voted ballot by certified or registered
mail.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 3020, ballots cast under this
chapter shall be returned to the elections official from whom they
were obtained no later than 8 p.m. on election day.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any vote by mail ballot cast under this chapter shall be timely cast if it is received by the voter's elections official via the United States Postal Service or a bona fide private mail delivery company no later than three days after election day and either of the following is satisfied:
(1) The ballot is postmarked on or before election day or is time stamped or date stamped by a bona fide private mail delivery company on or before election day.
(2) If the ballot has no postmark, a postmark with no date, or an illegible postmark, the vote by mail ballot identification envelope is date stamped by the elections official upon receipt of the vote by mail ballot from the United States Postal Service or a bona fide private mail delivery company, and is signed and dated pursuant to Section 3011 on or before election day.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any vote by mail ballot cast under this chapter shall be timely cast if it is received by the voter's elections official via the United States Postal Service or a bona fide private mail delivery company no later than three days after election day and either of the following is satisfied:
(1) The ballot is postmarked on or before election day or is time stamped or date stamped by a bona fide private mail delivery company on or before election day.
(2) If the ballot has no postmark, a postmark with no date, or an illegible postmark, the vote by mail ballot identification envelope is date stamped by the elections official upon receipt of the vote by mail ballot from the United States Postal Service or a bona fide private mail delivery company, and is signed and dated pursuant to Section 3011 on or before election day.
(a) At the first general district election conducted by
all-mailed ballot the following question shall be printed on the
ballot and boxes shall be provided for the voter to indicate "Yes" or
"No":
"SHALL THE MAILED BALLOT BE USED TO CONDUCT ALL FUTURE GENERAL
DISTRICT ELECTIONS?"
(b) If the majority of the voters favor the all-mailed ballot election it shall be adopted as the procedure for conducting future general district elections. If the question is rejected by the voters it may be resubmitted at any subsequent general district election in the manner provided for in Section 4105.
(b) If the majority of the voters favor the all-mailed ballot election it shall be adopted as the procedure for conducting future general district elections. If the question is rejected by the voters it may be resubmitted at any subsequent general district election in the manner provided for in Section 4105.
The question set forth in Section 4104, as to whether an
all-mailed ballot election is required to be used in the conduct of
all future general district elections, shall be printed on the ballot
of any general district election upon (a) the adoption of an
appropriate resolution by the governing board, or (b) upon the
submission of an initiative petition to the governing board signed by
voters not less in number than 10 percent of the voters in the
district pursuant to the procedure set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 9300) of Division 9.
This section shall apply only to those districts in which an
election by all-mailed ballots was conducted pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the governing board of the district in the manner
provided for by Section 4108.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a governing board in the County of San Diego may adopt a
resolution requiring its general district election to be held on the
same day as the statewide direct primary election or the day of the
statewide general election.
(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.
(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead, either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.
(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.
(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead, either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing
board of the Marina County Water District in the County of Monterey
may adopt a resolution requiring its general district election to be
held on the same day as the statewide direct primary election or the
day of the statewide general election.
(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation, and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.
(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead, either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.
(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation, and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.
(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead, either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law and regardless of the
number of eligible voters within its boundaries a district may, by
resolution of its governing board, conduct any election by all-mailed
ballots pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000).
(b) (1) A district conducting an election by all-mailed ballots may consolidate its election with the election of one or more other legislative or congressional districts, public districts, cities, counties, or other political subdivisions if all of the elections to be consolidated will be:
(A) Held on the same day.
(B) Held in the same territory or in a territory that is in part the same.
(C) Conducted wholly by mail.
(2) A district consolidating its election pursuant to subdivision (a) shall order the consolidation pursuant to Section 10400.
(3) A district election that is consolidated with an all-mailed ballot election for a legislative or congressional district shall also comply with any additional statutory requirements that apply to the all-mailed ballot election for that legislative or congressional district.
(c) An election conducted pursuant to this section shall be held on a date prescribed in Section 1500 or on any other date other than an established election date.
(b) (1) A district conducting an election by all-mailed ballots may consolidate its election with the election of one or more other legislative or congressional districts, public districts, cities, counties, or other political subdivisions if all of the elections to be consolidated will be:
(A) Held on the same day.
(B) Held in the same territory or in a territory that is in part the same.
(C) Conducted wholly by mail.
(2) A district consolidating its election pursuant to subdivision (a) shall order the consolidation pursuant to Section 10400.
(3) A district election that is consolidated with an all-mailed ballot election for a legislative or congressional district shall also comply with any additional statutory requirements that apply to the all-mailed ballot election for that legislative or congressional district.
(c) An election conducted pursuant to this section shall be held on a date prescribed in Section 1500 or on any other date other than an established election date.
