1000-1003
ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 1000-1003
1000. The established election dates in each year are as follows: (a) The second Tuesday of April in each even-numbered year. (b) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd-numbered year. (c) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each year. (d) The first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year. (e) The first Tuesday in February of each year evenly divisible by the number four. 1001. Elections held in June and November of each even-numbered year and held the first Tuesday in February of each year evenly divisible by the number four are statewide elections and these dates are statewide election dates. 1002. Except as provided in Section 1003, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all state, county, municipal, district, and school district elections shall be held on an established election date. 1003. This chapter shall not apply to the following: (a) Any special election called by the Governor. (b) Elections held in chartered cities or chartered counties in which the charter provisions are inconsistent with this chapter. (c) School governing board elections consolidated pursuant to Section 1302.2 or initiated by petition pursuant to Section 5091 of the Education Code. (d) Elections of any kind required or permitted to be held by a school district located in a chartered city or county when the election is consolidated with a regular city or county election held in a jurisdiction that includes 95 percent or more of the school district's population. (e) County, municipal, district, and school district initiative, referendum, or recall elections. (f) Any election conducted solely by mailed ballot pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000). (g) Elections held pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 15100) of Chapter 1, or pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 15340) of Chapter 2 of, Part 10 of the Education Code.