California Elections Code

§ 11225

ELEC § 11225 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 11 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (b), within 60 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if, from the examination of petitions pursuant to Section 11222, more than 500 signatures have been signed on the petition, the elections official may use a random sampling technique for verification of signatures. The random sample of signatures to be verified shall be drawn in a manner so that every signature filed with the elections official shall have an equal opportunity to be included in the sample. The random sampling shall include an examination of at least 500 or 5 percent of the signatures, whichever is greater.

(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the elections official shall complete the verification of signatures within 30 days from the date of filing of the petition, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, if the elections official determines that the time reasonably needed to complete the 60-day verification process described in subdivision (a) and any other procedures required for qualifying the measure for the ballot could cause the recall election to be ineligible for consolidation with the next regularly scheduled election, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 11242.

(c)If the statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is greater than 110 percent of the required number, the elections official shall certify the petition to be sufficient.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 870, Sec. 6. (SB 386) Effective January 1, 2024.