California Elections Code

§ 21556

ELEC § 21556 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 21 · Ch. 6.6

Statute text

(a)The commission shall be created no later than December 31, 2030, and in each year ending in the number zero thereafter.

(b)The selection process is designed to produce a commission that is independent from the influence of the board and reasonably representative of the county’s diversity.

(c)The commission shall consist of 11 members. The political party preferences of the commission members, as shown on the members’ most recent affidavits of registration, shall be as proportional as possible to the total number of voters who are registered with each political party in the County of Merced, or who decline to state or do not indicate a party preference, as determined by registration at the most recent statewide election. However, the political party or no party preferences of the commission members are not required to be exactly the same as the proportion of political party and no party preferences among the registered voters of the county. At least one commission member shall reside in each of the five existing supervisorial districts of the board.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 730, Sec. 1. (AB 1441) Effective January 1, 2026.