California Elections Code

§ 11302

ELEC § 11302 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 11 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), if a vacancy occurs in an office after a recall petition is filed against the vacating officer, the recall election shall nevertheless proceed.

(b)(1) Upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the elections official for each county in which a section of the recall petition has been filed shall immediately verify the signatures on the petition submitted to the elections official as of the date of the vacancy.

(2)If the elections official verifies that a sufficient number of signatures were filed as of the date of the vacancy, the recall election shall proceed.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 591, Sec. 3. (AB 1311) Effective January 1, 2015.