12101-12113
ELECTIONS CODE
SECTION 12101-12113
12101. (a) Not earlier than the 127th nor later than the 113th day
before any municipal election to fill offices, the city elections
official shall publish a notice of the election in the city pursuant
to Section 6061 of the Government Code. The notice shall be headed
"Notice of Election," and shall contain a statement of:
(1) The time of the election.
(2) The offices to be filled, specifying full term or short term,
as the case may be.
(b) With respect to a special election to fill a vacancy in
office, unless the city has enacted an ordinance as referred to in
subdivision (d) of Section 10229, and the ordinance does not allow
for appointment to fill the vacancy and requires the vacancy to be
filled in the special election, the notice shall also state that if
no one or only one person is nominated for an elected office,
appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by
Section 10229.
If there is no newspaper of general circulation published and
circulated in the city, the notice shall be typewritten and copies
shall be posted conspicuously within the time prescribed in at least
three public places in the city.
12102. The notice of the municipal election shall be substantially
in the following form:
Notice is hereby given that a ____ (general or special) municipal
election will be held in the ____ of ____ on ____, the ____ day of
____, 19__, for the following officers: (name them).
The polls will be open between the hours of __ m. and __ m.
_________________________
_
City Elections Official
Dated, ____, __.
12103. At least 158 days before the direct primary, the Secretary
of State shall prepare and transmit to each county elections official
a notice designating all the offices, except those of county
officers and judges, for which candidates are to be nominated.
At least 125 days before the direct primary election, the
Secretary of State shall prepare and transmit to each county
elections official a notice designating the political parties
qualified to participate in the primary.
12104. (a) A notice designating the offices for which candidates
are to be nominated shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF OFFICES FOR WHICH CANDIDATES
ARE TO BE NOMINATED AT THE DIRECT PRIMARY
Secretary of State
Sacramento,__. 19 __.
To the County Elections Official of the County of ____:
Notice is hereby given that the offices for which candidates are
to be nominated at the primary election to be held on the ____ day
of___, 19__, together with the names of the political parties
qualified to participate in the election, are as follows:
STATE AND DISTRICT OFFICES
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Notice is also hereby given that at the primary
election, candidates are to be nominated for the
following office:
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Notice is also hereby given that at the primary election, in the
county first above mentioned, candidates are to be nominated for any
county offices or judicial offices to which candidates are to be
elected at the ensuing general election;
And notice is also hereby given that at the primary election there
shall be elected in each county a county central committee for each
political party above named pursuant to Division 7 (commencing with
Section 7000) of the Elections Code.
_________________________
_
(seal) Secre tary of State
(b) The notice designating the political parties qualified to
participate in this election for nomination of candidates shall be in
substantially the following form:
NOTICE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES QUALIFIED TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION
Secretary of State
Sacramento, __. 19__.
To the County Elections Official of the County of ____:
Notice is hereby given that the political parties qualified to
participate in this election for nomination of candidates to partisan
offices are as follows:
_________________________
_
(seal) Secre tary of State
12105. (a) The elections official shall, not less than one week
before the election, publish the list of the polling places
designated for each election precinct.
(b) Publication shall be pursuant to Section 6061 of the
Government Code in the jurisdiction where the election is to be held
and in any newspaper of general circulation designated by the
elections official. If there is no newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the jurisdiction, the list shall be
typewritten and copies shall be posted conspicuously within the time
prescribed in at least three public places within the city.
12105.5. (a) Not less than one week before the election, the
elections official shall post a list of all current polling places in
each precinct and a list of precinct board members appointed by the
15th day before the election. Not later than 28 days after the
election, the elections official shall post an updated list of the
precinct board members who actually served on election day. The
election official shall post these lists in his or her office and on
his or her official Web site, if any.
(b) In each jurisdiction in which he or she determines that the
public interest, convenience, and necessity requires the local
posting of polling places and precinct board members, the elections
official shall divide and distribute the lists for posting in any
City Clerk's office within the jurisdiction having the election.
(c) Each list required by this section shall remain posted for 30
days after completion of the canvass, shall then be archived by the
elections official, and shall remain available for public inspection
as long as election materials are required to be retained. Copies
shall be made available upon request for a price not to exceed the
cost of reproduction and mailing.
12106. (a) The elections official shall publish, as provided in
this section and Section 12105, the list of polling places designated
for each election precinct in each jurisdiction where the elections
official determines that the public interest, convenience, and
necessity require the local publication of the list to afford
adequate notice of this subject to the electorate.
(b) After making a determination pursuant to subdivision (a), the
elections official shall divide and distribute the list of polling
places and cause the same to be published at least one week before
the election in newspapers of general circulation published in
different places in the jurisdiction.
(c) Divisions of the list of polling places may be published in
that daily newspaper of general circulation published or circulated
in one or more cities in the county, with the exception of the county
seat, that is determined will give to the electorate in each city
adequate notice of the election. If there is no daily newspaper,
publication may be made in a semiweekly newspaper, a biweekly
newspaper, or a weekly newspaper of general circulation that is
determined will give the electorate in the city adequate notice of
the election.
(d) The list of polling places designated for various portions of
the unincorporated area of the county and of the county seat may be
published in those daily, semiweekly, biweekly, or weekly newspapers
of general circulation published or circulated within the various
portions of the unincorporated area and the county seat, deemed by
the county elections official to be those newspapers that will give
adequate notice of the election to the voters of the respective
portions of the unincorporated area and the county seat.
12107. (a) The elections official shall let the contracts for
publication, pursuant to Section 12106, of the list of polling places
designated for each election precinct, and shall determine the rate
to be paid for the publication of the list or any portion of the
list.
(b) The publication rate shall be based on a common denominator of
measurement for all newspapers and may be graduated according to
circulation.
Contracts for the publication shall include the publication of the
proper portion of the list of polling places and all other items
relating to that portion required by law to be published.
12108. In any case where this chapter requires the posting or
distribution of a list of the names of precinct board members, or a
portion of the list, the officers charged with the duty of posting
shall ascertain the name of the political party, if any, for which
each precinct board member has expressed a preference, as shown in
the affidavit of registration of that person. When the list is posted
or distributed, there shall be printed the name of the board member'
s party preference or an abbreviation of the name to the right of the
name, or immediately below the name, of each precinct board member.
If a precinct board member has not expressed a preference for a
political party, the words " "No Party Preference" shall be printed
in place of the party name.
12109. Whenever the ballots at any election or from any precincts
are to be tallied at a central place and not at the precincts, the
elections official or secretary of the jurisdiction conducting the
election shall specify the public place to be used and give notice
thereof as follows:
(a) By at least one publication in a newspaper of general
circulation published in the jurisdiction where the election is to be
held, provided that the publication is made at least 10 days before
the day of the election.
(b) If a newspaper of general circulation is not published in that
jurisdiction, then by prominently posting the notice in the office
of the elections official for at least 10 days before the day of the
election.
12110. In case of a municipal election to fill offices, the city
elections official shall not later than one week before the election
publish a list of the names of the nominees, in the order in which
they appear on the ballot, and the respective offices for which they
have been nominated. Publication shall be in the city in a newspaper
of general circulation. If there is no newspaper of general
circulation published and circulated in the city, the notice shall be
typewritten and copies shall be posted conspicuously within the time
prescribed in at least three public places in the city. This list
shall be headed, "Nominees for Public Office," in conspicuous type,
and shall be substantially in the following form:
NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE
Notice is hereby given that the following persons have been
nominated for the offices mentioned below to be filled at the general
municipal election to be held in the ____ of ____on ____ the ____
day of ____, 20__.
(Here follow with the list of nominees.)
Dated, ____
________________________
City Elections Official
12111. (a) In case of a municipal election on any measure, the city
elections official shall publish a synopsis of the measure at least
one time not later than one week before the election in a newspaper
of general circulation in the city. If there is no newspaper of
general circulation published and circulated in the city, the notice
shall be typewritten and copies shall be posted conspicuously within
the time prescribed in at least three public places in the city.
The notice shall be headed "Measure To Be Voted On" in conspicuous
type and shall be substantially in the following form:
MEASURE TO BE VOTED ON
Notice is hereby given that the following measure is to be voted
on at the ____ (general or special) municipal election to be held in
the City of ____, on Tuesday, the ____ day of ____, 2___.
(Synopsis of measure or measures)
Dated ____
________________________
City Elections
Official
City of _____________
(b) The city elections official shall consolidate the notice of
election and the notice of measure to be voted on into one notice if
the measure was placed on the ballot before the notice of election is
published pursuant to Section 12101.
12112. (a) At least 90 days, and not more than 120 days, before the
day fixed for the general district election, the elections official
of the principal county shall publish a notice of the election once
in a newspaper of general circulation published in the district or,
if no such newspaper is published in the district, in a newspaper
having general circulation in the district published in any affected
county in the district. The notice shall contain the date of the
general district election, name the offices for which candidates may
file, and state the qualifications required by the principal act for
each office. The notice shall state the location where official
declarations of candidacy for eligible candidates desiring to file
for any of the elective offices may be obtained, the office in which
completed declarations of candidacy are required to be filed, and the
date and time after which no declarations of candidacy may be
accepted for filing. The notice shall state that appointment to each
elective office will be made as prescribed by Section 10515 in the
event there are no nominees or an insufficient number of nominees for
the office and a petition for an election is not filed with the
elections official within the time period prescribed by Section
10515.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subdivision (a), the county
elections official shall, by a general press release, set forth both
of the following:
(1) The elective offices of the district to be filled at the
ensuing district election.
(2) A telephone number that voters of the district may utilize in
order to obtain information regarding filing for the elective
district office.
12113. For each school or special district, the county elections
official immediately shall deliver a copy of all published notices to
the district secretary. Each notice shall be posted in the district
office.