SECTIONS 4100-4108 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 4100-4108

4100. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, mail ballot
elections shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 3000) of Division 3.

4101. Notwithstanding Sections 13300 and 13303, the elections
official shall not commence to mail the combined sample ballot and
mail ballot prior to the 29th day before the election and shall
complete the mailing by the 10th day before the election.

4102. The elections official may include in the mailings set forth
in Section 4101 a printed notice to the voters informing the voters
that they may return the voted ballot by certified or registered
mail.

4103. Notwithstanding Section 3020, ballots cast under this chapter
shall be returned to the elections official from whom they were
obtained no later than 8 p.m. on election day.

4104. (a) At the first general district election conducted by
all-mailed ballot the following question shall be printed on the
ballot and boxes shall be provided for the voter to indicate "Yes" or
"No":
"SHALL THE MAILED BALLOT BE USED TO CONDUCT ALL FUTURE GENERAL
DISTRICT ELECTIONS "
(b) If the majority of the voters favor the all-mailed ballot
election it shall be adopted as the procedure for conducting future
general district elections. If the question is rejected by the voters
it may be resubmitted at any subsequent general district election in
the manner provided for in Section 4105.

4105. The question set forth in Section 4104, as to whether an
all-mailed ballot election is required to be used in the conduct of
all future general district elections, shall be printed on the ballot
of any general district election upon (a) the adoption of an
appropriate resolution by the governing board, or (b) upon the
submission of an initiative petition to the governing board signed by
voters not less in number than 10 percent of the voters in the
district pursuant to the procedure set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing
with Section 9300) of Division 9.
This section shall apply only to those districts in which an
election by all-mailed ballots was conducted pursuant to a resolution
adopted by the governing board of the district in the manner
provided for by Section 4108.

4106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a governing board in the County of San Diego may adopt a
resolution requiring its general district election to be held on the
same day as the statewide direct primary election or the day of the
statewide general election.
(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the
election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing
with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation
and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the
election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.
(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election
is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose
four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the
resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the
general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead,
either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth
Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the
option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the
expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of
their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.

4107. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governing
board of the Marina County Water District in the County of Monterey
may adopt a resolution requiring its general district election to be
held on the same day as the statewide direct primary election or the
day of the statewide general election.
(b) If an election is held pursuant to subdivision (a), and the
election is consolidated with another election, Part 3 (commencing
with Section 10400) of Division 10 shall govern the consolidation,
and, if the county elections official is requested to conduct the
election, Section 10002 shall apply to that election.
(c) If, pursuant to subdivision (a), a general district election
is held on the same day as a statewide election, those officers whose
four-year terms of office would have, prior to the adoption of the
resolution, expired on the first Friday in December following the
general district election in an odd-numbered year shall, instead,
either continue in their offices until no later than the fourth
Tuesday after the day of the general district election or, at the
option of the governing board, cease to hold office prior to the
expiration of their four-year term and upon the qualification of
their successors at the time prescribed by the governing board.

4108. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law and regardless of
the number of eligible voters within its boundaries a district may,
by resolution of its governing board, conduct any election by
all-mailed ballots pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section
4000).
An election conducted pursuant to this section shall be held on a
date prescribed in Section 1500 or on any other date other than an
established election date.