Title ELEC — California Elec. Code

The petition signed by registered voters of the city or city and county proposing an amendment to a charter shall set forth in full the text of the proposed amendment, in no less than 10-point type. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The petition may be circulated in sections, but each section shall contain a correct copy of the text of the proposed amendment. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Each signer of the petition shall sign it in the manner prescribed by Section 9020. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The petition shall be in substantially the following form: Petition for Submission to Voters of Proposed Amendment to the Charter of the City (or City and County) of ____ To the city council (or other legislative body) of the City (or City and County) of ____: We, the undersigned…

Each section 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 and shall comply with Sections 104 and 9209. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Each petition section shall consist of sheets of white paper, uniform in size, with dimensions no smaller than 81/2 by 11 inches or greater than 81/2 by 14 inches. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The sheets comprising each petition section shall be fastened together securely and remain so during circulation and filing. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

A voter may withdraw his or her signature from a petition in the manner prescribed in Section 9602. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The petition shall be filed with the elections official by the proponents, or by any person or persons authorized in writing by the proponents. All sections of the petition shall be filed at one time, and a petition section submitted subsequently may not be accepted by the electi…

After the petition has been filed, the elections official shall examine the petition in the same manner as are county petitions in accordance with Sections 9114 and 9115, except that, for the purposes of this section, references in those sections to the board of supervisors shall…

The proponent of a measure proposing to amend a charter may withdraw the charter amendment at any time before the 88th day before the election, whether or not the petition has already been found sufficient by the elections official.

Petitions that do not substantially conform to the form requirements of this article shall not be accepted for filing by the elections official. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The conduct of election and publication requirements shall substantially conform with Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) and Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 10. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Upon the completion of the canvass of votes, the governing body of a city or city and county shall pass a resolution reciting the fact of the election and such other matters as are enumerated in Section 10264. The elections official of the city or city and county shall then cause…

Whenever a city measure qualifies for a place on the ballot, the governing body may direct the city elections official to transmit a copy of the measure to the city attorney, unless the organization or salaries of the office of the city attorney are affected. The city attorney sh…

If no other method is provided by general law, or, in the case of a chartered city, by the charter or by city ordinance, arguments for and against any city measure may be submitted to the qualified voters of the city pursuant to this article. If a method is otherwise provided by …

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

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…

(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…