Title ELEC — California Elec. Code

In each county containing less than five Assembly districts or portions thereof, except the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee of at least 25 members shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number elected from each supervisor district shall be …

In each county containing more than four Assembly districts or portions thereof, and the City and County of San Francisco, a county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts, and the number elected shall be that number derived by multiplying 7 times the number of A…

The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides: (a) Governor. (b) Lieutenant Governor. (c) Secretary of State. (d) Controller. (e) Treasurer. (f) Attorney General. (g) Member of the…

A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate. An incumbent of an elected partisan office at the time of the meeting of the committee may appoint an alternate member witho…

A person shall not be eligible for appointment or election to a committee who is not registered as affiliated with this party at the time of his or her appointment or election. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which that district is entitled to be represented under this chapter, a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of el…

In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of this party, a vacancy exists w…

Any member, other than an ex officio member, of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless his or her absence is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the…

The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committee shall constitute his or her automatic resignation from the committee. (Enacted…

A committee may remove any member who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party. A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of thi…

Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections official and the chairperson of the state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the …

At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.

The Secretary of State, no later than 125 days before the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of central committees to be elected in each county, and shall mail a certificate reporting that information to the elections official of each county and to the Chai…

In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 8100), inclusive, of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Divis…

If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a committee from an Assembly or supervisor district does not exceed the number of candidates to be elected from that Assembly or su…

Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or her to entitle him or her to election if he or she had lived until after the election, a vacancy exists on the county ce…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or convention in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the county central committee and the state central committee, or by using any other …

Each committee shall meet at its county seat, upon call, which shall be given by the chairperson of the county central committee or the immediate predecessor of the current chairperson of the county committee on the second Tuesday in July following the presidential primary electi…

The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of which meetings each month shall be without charge. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

A committee may make rules and regulations providing for any of the following: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be called. (c) Whether or not proxies may be used and the conditions under which they may be used. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 92…

The committee shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and exist until the election at the succeeding presidential primary, or the selection pursuant to Section 7675, and qualifica…

If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the elections official of his or her name.

Each committee may establish annual dues not to exceed twenty-four dollars ($24) per year for elected, ex officio and alternate members. The committee may remove members or alternates for nonpayment of dues. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

At its first meeting on the second Tuesday in July following the presidential primary election and at subsequent meetings, a county central committee, in its sole discretion, may appoint any additional members to the county central committee as it may desire.

A county central committee may require a balance of elected and appointed committee members to create a total membership division of 50 percent women and 50 percent men. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

No person shall be appointed to membership on a county central committee unless she or he is registered as a voter affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party in the county, or is a resident of the county who would register as a voter affiliated with this party if not legally pro…

Any member of a committee who misses more than three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless the absence of the member is caused by illness or temporary absence from the county on the date of the meeting. (Enacted by St…

The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a county central committee from the county from which the member was elected shall constitute the member’s automatic resignation from the committee.

A committee may remove any elected or appointed member, who during the term of membership, affiliates with or registers as a member of another political party, publicly advocates that the voters should not vote for the nominee of the party for any office, publicly gives support t…

Whenever any person is appointed to a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the county elections official and the chairperson of the state central committee within 30 days after it is made. The notices shall contain the name and ad…

If no members of central committees have been elected in a county at the preceding presidential primary election or selected in a county pursuant to Section 7784, or, if for any reason all the members of a county central committee are removed from office or cease to be registered…

The Department of General Services shall permit any committee that desires to do so to hold meetings in a state building within the county, at least one of which meetings each month shall be without charge. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters which shall be accessible to persons with disabilities. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

A committee may make rules and regulations providing for the following: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed. (b) How meetings may be called, and any provisions so made shall supersede anything in this chapter to the contrary. (c) Whether or not proxies may be used an…

The committees shall perform other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party. They shall continue to function and exist until the members of the new committees take office after the succeeding presidential primary election or pursuant…

If the chairperson of a committee refuses to call a meeting, a meeting may be called upon five days’ notice by a majority of the members of the committee. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Within five days after a committee meets for its organizational meeting, the newly elected chairperson of the committee shall notify the county elections official of his or her name.

In addition to any other method provided by law, ordinances may be enacted by any district pursuant to this article, except that this article shall not apply to irrigation districts, to a district formed under a law that does not provide a procedure for elections, to a district f…

Any proposed ordinance may be submitted to the governing board of the district by an initiative petition filed with the district elections official. Signatures to these petitions shall be obtained in the same manner as set forth in Section 9020. Affidavits shall be attached to ea…

Before circulating an initiative petition in any district, the proponents of that measure shall publish a notice of intention. The notice shall be accompanied by a printed statement stating the reasons for the proposed petition. The printed statement shall not exceed 500 words. T…

A notice of intention and statement as referred to in Section 9302 shall be published or posted, or both, as follows: (a) If there is a newspaper of general circulation within the district, as described in Section 6000 of the Government Code, the notice and statement shall be pub…

Within 10 days after the date of publication or posting, or both, of the notice of intention and statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, the proponents shall file with the district elections official a copy of the notice and statement as published or posted, or both, …

From the time materials pertaining to an initiative petition are filed pursuant to Section 9304 until the day after the district elections official determines that the initiative petition does not contain the minimum number of signatures required, the day after the election at wh…

After filing a copy of the notice of intention, statement of the reasons for the proposed petition, written text of the initiative, and affidavit of publication or posting with the district elections official pursuant to Section 9304, the petition may be circulated among the vote…

Signatures upon petitions and sections thereof shall be secured, and the petition, together with all sections thereof, shall be filed within 180 days from the date of filing the materials specified in Section 9304 with the district elections official. If the petitions are not fil…

Each section of the petition 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.