SECTIONS 50750-50759 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 50750-50759

50750. Each member of the election board, upon entering upon his
duties, shall be sworn to a faithful performance thereof by some
officer authorized to administer oaths.

50751. If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an election
board, the voters present at the opening of the polls may appoint the
election board.

50752. The election board shall canvass the votes cast and issue
certificates of election to the persons elected, and shall place the
ballots, when canvassed, in a sealed envelope and forward it to the
county elections official.

50753. Each voter may cumulate his votes, and give one candidate a
number of votes equal to the number of trustees to be elected
multiplied by the number of votes he is entitled to cast, or to
distribute them on the same principle among any number of candidates.

50754. The board of directors of irrigation districts holding title
to lands obtained through collectors' deeds may cast the votes
belonging to such lands.

50755. Any qualified voter may challenge any vote, and the election
board shall determine whether the person challenged is entitled to
vote. Any member of the election board may administer oaths for the
purposes of this section.

50756. The candidates, of the number to be elected, receiving the
highest number of votes shall be deemed elected.

50757. Any person who knowingly makes an untrue statement in
establishing his right to vote in a district election shall incur all
of the penalties provided in the Elections Code for persons
illegally voting at elections.

50758. If the ownership of any property in the district is changed
after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county
wherein the property is situated, the owner thereof or his legal
representative may vote at a district election upon the production of
evidence of ownership of such property.

50759. No person shall vote by proxy at a district election unless
authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing
acknowledged and certified in the same manner as grants of real
property and filed with the election board.