SECTIONS 10600-10604 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 10600-10604

10600. When one member of the governing board of a school district
or community college district is to be elected, the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. When two or
more members are to be elected, the two or more candidates receiving
the highest number of votes shall be elected. Each voter may vote for
as many candidates as there are members to be elected. The ballot
shall contain instructions stating the maximum number of candidates
for whom each voter may vote.

10601. Notwithstanding Section 10600, the governing board of any
community college district may, by a resolution adopted by a majority
vote of the board, assign a number to each seat on the board to be
selected by lot. Once the numbers are assigned, any candidate for
election to the board shall be required to run for a particular
numbered seat on the board and be elected by the voters of the
district at large.

10602. (a) The forms for declaration of candidacy for governing
board elections shall be in substantially the following form:

"I, _____, do hereby declare myself as a candidate for election to
the governing board of _____ District, of the County of ____; I am a
registered voter; if elected I will qualify and serve to the best of
my ability; and I request my name be placed on the official ballots
of the district, for the election to be held on the ___ day of ____,
19__.

____________________________________
Residence address: _______________ "

(b) In an election held under Section 5018 of the Education Code
to elect additional governing board members, all candidates for
member of the governing board shall also indicate on their
declaration of candidacy whether they are candidates for the existing
office or for the new offices.

10603. (a) In any school district or community college district
governing board election the name of any person shall be placed on
the ballot, subject to Sections 35107 and 72103 of the Education
Code, if there is filed with the county elections official having
jurisdiction, not more than 113 days nor less than 88 days prior to
the election, a declaration of candidacy containing the appropriate
information in the blank spaces and signed by the person whose name
is thereby to be placed on the ballot.
(b) No candidate whose declaration of candidacy has been filed for
any school district or community college district governing board
election or county board of education election may withdraw as a
candidate after the 88th day prior to the election.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided
in subdivision (d), no person shall file nomination papers for more
than one district office, including a county board of education
office, at the same election.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a proposal to
form a unified school district is on the same ballot as the election
of governing board members of that district, any candidate for a
position on the existing governing board may file nomination papers
for that position pursuant to subdivision (a) and may, at the same
election, also file nomination papers for a position on the governing
board of the proposed unified school district.

10604. (a) Notwithstanding Section 10603, if a declaration of
candidacy for an incumbent member of a school district or community
college district governing board or of a county board of education is
not filed by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the election, any person,
other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day, shall
have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before an election to file a
declaration of candidacy for the elective office.
(b) This section is not applicable where there is no incumbent
eligible to be elected. If this section is applicable,
notwithstanding Section 10603, a candidate whose declaration of
candidacy has been filed for any school district or community college
district governing board election or county board of education
election may withdraw as a candidate until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day
before the election.