Section 11302 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Elections Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Except as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b),
if a vacancy occurs in an office after a recall petition is filed
against the vacating officer, the recall election shall nevertheless
proceed.
(b) (1) Upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the elections official
for each county in which a section of the recall petition has been
filed shall immediately verify the signatures on the petition
submitted to the elections official as of the date of the vacancy.
(2) If the elections official verifies that a sufficient number of
signatures were filed as of the date of the vacancy, the recall
election shall proceed.
(3) If the elections official verifies that an insufficient number
of signatures, or no signatures, were filed as of the date of the
vacancy, the recall election shall not proceed and a vacancy in the
office that is the subject of the recall election shall be filled as
otherwise provided by law.
(4) A person who was subject to a recall petition may not be
appointed to fill the vacancy in the office that he or she vacated
and that person may not be appointed to fill any other vacancy in
office on the same governing board for the duration of the term of
office of the seat that he or she vacated.