California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 11 - RECALL ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Procedures: General Provisions and Initial Steps in the Recall

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11000. - 11000. This division governs the recall of elective officers of...

Section 11001. - 11001. For the purposes of this division, judges of courts...

Section 11002. - 11002. For the purposes of this division, “elections official” means...

Section 11003. - 11003. For the purposes of this division, “governing board” means...

Section 11004. - 11004. For the purposes of this division, a “local officer”...

Section 11005. - 11005. The proponents of a recall must be registered voters...

Section 11006. - 11006. Proceedings may be commenced for the recall of any...

Section 11007. - 11007. Except when a person has been appointed to office...

ARTICLE 2 - The Notice of Intention, Statement, and Answer

Section 11020. - 11020. (a) The notice of intention shall contain all of...

Section 11021. - 11021. A copy of the notice of intention shall be...

Section 11022. - 11022. A copy of the notice, except the provisions required...

Section 11023. - 11023. (a) Within seven days after the filing of the...

Section 11024. - 11024. (a) The statement and answer are intended solely for...

ARTICLE 3 - Recall Petition

Section 11040. - 11040. (a) The petition may consist of any number of...

Section 11041. - 11041. (a) The proponents shall use the recall petition format...

Section 11042. - 11042. (a) Within 10 days after filing of the answer...

Section 11042.5. - 11042.5. (a) For a petition for the recall of a...

Section 11043. - 11043. (a) The petition sections shall be designed so that...

Section 11043.5. - 11043.5. (a) The Secretary of State shall provide to county...

Section 11044. - 11044. Separate petitions are necessary to propose the recall of...

Section 11045. - 11045. Only registered voters of the electoral jurisdiction of the...

Section 11046. - 11046. To each section of a petition shall be attached...

Section 11047. - 11047. When a petition is circulated in more than one...

CHAPTER 2 - Recall of State Officers: Intermediate Steps in the Recall

Section 11100. - 11100. (a) This chapter applies only to the recall of...

Section 11101. - 11101. Unless and until it is otherwise proven upon official...

Section 11102. - 11102. Each section of a recall petition shall be filed...

Section 11103. - 11103. Each section of the petition shall be filed by...

Section 11104. - 11104. (a) The elections official, 30 days after a recall...

Section 11106. - 11106. Immediately after the deadline for submission of all signatures,...

Section 11107. - 11107. The elections official, upon the completion of each examination,...

Section 11108. - 11108. (a) When the Secretary of State has received from...

Section 11109. - 11109. When the Secretary of State determines that the proponents...

Section 11110. - 11110. Upon receiving certification of the sufficiency of the recall...

CHAPTER 3 - Recall of Local Officers: Intermediate Steps in the Recall

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11200. - 11200. This chapter shall apply to the recall of local...

Section 11201. - 11201. When the city or county elections official is the...

ARTICLE 2 - Recall Petitions

Section 11220. - 11220. (a) A recall petition shall be submitted to the...

Section 11221. - 11221. The number of qualified signatures required in order to...

Section 11222. - 11222. (a) The petition shall be filed by the proponents,...

Section 11223. - 11223. If the petition was circulated in more than one...

Section 11224. - 11224. (a) Except as provided in Section 11225, within 30...

Section 11225. - 11225. (a) Within 30 days from the date of filing...

Section 11226. - 11226. If the certificate shows that the petition is insufficient,...

Section 11227. - 11227. If the elections official finds the signatures on the...

ARTICLE 3 - The Recall Election

Section 11240. - 11240. Within 14 days after the meeting at which the...

Section 11241. - 11241. If the governing board fails to issue the order...

Section 11242. - 11242. (a) The election shall be held not less than...

CHAPTER 4 - General Procedures: Final Steps in the Recall

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 11300. - 11300. No insufficiency in a petition against any officer shall...

Section 11301. - 11301. If a petition is found insufficient by the elections...

Section 11302. - 11302. (a) Except as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision...

Section 11303. - 11303. A voter who has signed a recall petition shall...

ARTICLE 2 - Ballots

Section 11320. - 11320. The following shall appear on the ballots at every...

Section 11322. - 11322. In addition to the material contained in Section 11320,...

Section 11323. - 11323. A voter shall indicate, by using the stamp or...

Section 11324. - 11324. (a) The official responsible for preparing the ballot shall,...

Section 11325. - 11325. (a) With the voter information guide there shall be...

Section 11327. - 11327. An officer whose recall is being sought may file...

ARTICLE 3 - Elections in General

Section 11328. - 11328. A recall election shall be conducted, canvassed, and the...

Section 11329. - 11329. One election is sufficient for the recall of several...

ARTICLE 4 - Recall Elections

Section 11381. - 11381. Nominations of candidates to succeed the recalled officer shall...

Section 11382. - 11382. There shall not be an election for a successor...

Section 11383. - 11383. If one-half or more of the votes at a...

Section 11384. - 11384. Except as provided in Section 11382, if a majority...

Section 11385. - 11385. If at a statewide recall election an officer is...

Section 11386. - 11386. If the candidate who received the highest number of...