SECTIONS 8220-8228 - California Statutes

ELECTIONS CODE

SECTION 8220-8228

8220. The voters of any county may adopt subdivision (d) of Section
16 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state as applicable to
the judge of the superior court of the county if a majority of the
voters of the county, voting on the question of its adoption, vote in
favor thereof.

8221. Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI may be adopted:
(a) In pursuance of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the
board of supervisors of the county, declaring that the public
interest requires the submission at an election of the proposal to
adopt the provisions as applicable to the judge of the superior court
of the county.
(b) In pursuance of a petition of voters of the county as provided
in this article.

8222. The petition shall state the name and address of a person to
whom notice of the insufficiency of the petition shall be sent in the
event the petition has not the required number of signatures of
voters signed thereto.

8223. The petition shall be signed by 10 percent of the voters of
the county, computed upon the total number of votes cast therein for
all candidates for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial
election, and it shall pray for the adoption of the provisions as
applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county. The
petition shall be filed in the office of the county elections
official.

8224. Within 20 days after the filing of the petition, the county
elections official shall examine it and ascertain from the record of
the registration of the voters of the county whether the petition is
signed by the requisite number. If needed by the county elections
official, the board of supervisors shall authorize him or her to
employ persons to assist him or her in the work of examining the
petition, and the board shall provide for their compensation.

8225. Upon the completion of his or her examination, the elections
official shall forthwith attach to the petition his or her
certificate, duly dated, showing the results of his or her
examination. If the certificate shows that the petition is signed by
the requisite number of voters, he or she shall immediately present
the petition to the board of supervisors if it is in session,
otherwise at its next meeting.

8226. If it appears by the certificate that the petition has not
the required number of signatures, the elections official shall so
notify the person designated as the person to whom notification of
the insufficiency of the petition is to be sent. The petitioners
shall have 30 days from and after the date of receiving the notice of
insufficiency to present and file a supplement bearing additional
signatures. Upon the receipt of the supplement, the elections
official shall proceed forthwith to examine it. He or she shall
complete his or her examination within 10 days from the date of its
receipt by him or her. If it appears that the additional signatures
and those which have not been legally rejected upon the original
petition total the requisite number, the county elections official
shall forthwith attach to the petition his certificate, duly dated,
showing that the petition has been signed by the requisite number of
voters, and shall immediately present it to the board of supervisors
if it is in session, otherwise at its next meeting.

8227. Upon the adoption of the ordinance or resolution or the
presentation of a petition, the board of supervisors shall submit the
proposal to the voters at the next succeeding general election,
presidential primary, or countywide special election, occurring
subsequent to 90 days after the adoption of the ordinance or
resolution or the presentation of the petition.

8228. If the proposal is approved by a majority of the votes cast
thereon, the board of supervisors shall file a certificate, signed by
the chairman of the board and duly dated, with the Secretary of
State, reciting that the proposal to adopt subdivision (d) of Section
16 of Article VI of the California Constitution as applicable to the
judge of the superior court of the county was approved by a majority
of the votes cast thereon at the election. Upon the filing of the
certificate the provisions of subdivision (d) of Section 16 of the
California Constitution shall thereupon be applicable to the judge of
the superior court of that county, and effective as to all vacancies
in the office occurring after the date of filing of the certificate.