During this period, a candidate for U.S. Senate and Congress may obtain his or her forms from the county elections official or the Secretary of State for circulating petitions to secure signatures in lieu of all or part of their filing fee.

Between these dates, independent candidates for partisan office shall circulate their Nomination petitions to obtain signatures and submit them to the Elections Department for examination. If the district falls within two or more counties, the Elections Department shall report within two working days to the Secretary of State the total number of signatures submitted.

§8106

Independent candidates must pay the nonrefundable filing fee or present a sufficient number of valid in-lieu signatures at the time they receive their Nomination Paper from the county Elections Department.

Independent candidates for legislative offices must have filed Declarations of Intention and satisfied their filing fee (with signatures or money, or a combination) during the pre-primary filing period or they may not file Nomination Papers. Supplemental signatures-in-lieu or the balance due on the filing fee must be paid before Nomination Papers can be filed.

§8350, 8403, 8454

Between these dates, specified non incumbent candidates in an election shall file Statements of Economic Interests (Form 700) disclosing their investments, interests in real property, and any income received during the preceding 12 months. Such statement shall not be required if the candidate has filed such a statement within the past 60 days for the same jurisdiction.

Between these dates, cities will publish a Notice of Election one time in a newspaper of general circulation stating:

• the date and polling hours of the election
• the offices to be filled and any measure to be voted on, including a synopsis of each measure.

§12101, 12111

Last day for a school board to deliver a resolution known as the Specifications of the Election Order" and file it with the county Superintendent of Schools and county elections official, stating the date and purpose of the election.

A suggested date by which schools, cities, and special districts determine how a tie vote will be resolved.

§12109

Deadline for an elementary school district with a three-member board to ask the county Superintendent of Schools to submit to the voters a question whether to raise the membership to five board members. Elementary school boards have the option of deciding on their own to increase the board to five members or asking the county Superintendent to submit the question to the voters.

Last day for candidates to request in writing to both the Secretary of State and Elections Department that a different ballot designation be used for the November election than the designation used at the March primary election.

Last day to file semiannual campaign statements, if required, by all candidates and committees.

Candidates or committees making independent expenditures of $500 or more in a calendar year to support or oppose a candidate or measure shall file independent expenditure reports as if it were formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the candidate or measure.

Last day for the county elections official to determine the sufficiency of the in-lieu signatures submitted by independent candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress. Within 10 days after receipt of the petition, the county elections official shall notify the candidate of any deficiency. Such candidates shall before the close of nominations on August 11 either submit a supplemental petition or pay a prorated fee to cover the deficiency.

By this date, nominees may prepare a statement of qualifications, not to exceed 200 words, to be included in the Voter’s Information Pamphlet. The statement shall be filed and paid for at the time it is filed. Obtain cost information from the Elections Department.

Last day for the county elections official to determine that there are 250 or fewer persons registered to vote in any precinct. The county elections official may then mail to each voter a vote-by-mail ballot along with a statement that there will be no polling place for the general election.

§10220-10224, 10227; Gov. Code §36503.7

Ed. Code  §5326, 5328, 5328.5

Last day for the Secretary of State to send to each elections official a list showing the name, party affiliation, and ballot designation of every person who has been nominated as a candidate for public office and is entitled to receive votes within the county at the General Election.

The first day county election officials may process applications for special absent voters' ballots. The application must include the statement that the voter cannot vote an absentee ballot during the normal absentee voting period of October 10 to October 31, 2000 because of military or other contingencies that preclude normal mail delivery.

During this period write-in candidates must file their Statement of Write-in Candidacy and Nomination Papers with the county elections official.

The County Elections Official will prepare the 54-day voter index that is available for purchase upon written application at a cost of 50 cents per 1,000 names.

Between these dates the county elections official shall mail a Sample Ballot and polling place notice to each registered voter.

Between these dates the Secretary of State shall mail state ballot pamphlets to all households in which voters were registered by Friday, Sept. 8 (E-60) The county will do a supplemental mailing of state pamphlets to voters who register after Sept. 8.

Last day to file campaign statements for candidates and committees covering the period ending Sept. 30 (E-38).

Candidates or committees making independent expenditures of $500 or more in a calendar year to support or oppose a candidate or measure shall file independent expenditure reports as if it were formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the candidate or measure.

Last day for the county Elections Department to appoint board members and polling places and provide a copy to each county central committee and make a copy available to the public.

Voter registration cards signed and executed on or before this day will be added to the voter registration rolls for the November election, if the affidavit is received by the county elections official by mail by October 13 (E-25) or postmarked on or before the 29^th day prior to the election, or submitted to the DMV or NVRA agency on or before the 29^th day prior to the election.

Between these dates voters may apply for a vote-by-mail ballot from the Elections Department. Under certain conditions voters may obtain an absentee ballot after Oct. 31.

Registration for new residents shall begin the 28^th day prior to an election and end on the seventh day prior to election day. This registration must be executed in the county elections office and the new resident shall vote a new resident’s ballot containing the contest of President and Vice President only. The ballot shall be voted in the election official’s office.

§332, 3400

A new citizen registering to vote after the close of registration shall provide the county elections official with proof of citizenship prior to voting, and shall declare that he or she has established residency in California. New citizens vote a regular ballot.

The County Elections Official will prepare the 29-day voter index available for purchase upon written application at a cost of 50 cents per 1,000 names.

During this time late contribution/independent expenditure reports must be filed by FAX, telegram, mailgram, guaranteed overnight mail or deliver in person.

During the 16 days immediately preceding an election, any person or entity which qualifies as a recipient committee or slate mailer organization must file a Form 410 within 24 hours by telegram or personal delivery.

The last day to file campaign statements for candidates and committees covering the period from 10-1-00 to 10-21-00.

Candidates or committees making independent expenditures of $500 or more in a calendar year to support or oppose a candidate or measure shall file independent expenditure reports as if it were formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the candidate or measure.

Last day for county elections official to publish the notice that the general election ballots will be counted at a specified public place. The notice shall be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.

Not less than one week before the election, the elections official shall publish the list of polling places and precinct board members.

All committees primarily formed to support or oppose the qualification, passage or defeat of a ballot measure must file quarterly campaign statements for the period July 1 through Sept. 30 during any semiannual period in which the measure is not being voted upon. Following the election, such committees are only required to file semiannual statements unless they make contributions or expenditures to qualify, support or oppose other measures, in which case they would have an ongoing duty to file quarterly statements.

Voters unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability or because they will be absent from their precinct on election day, may come to the Elections Department and receive an absentee ballot over the counter. Voters may designate in writing a representative to bring the absentee ballot to them. The voter my either personally or through the authorized representative return the ballot to the Elections Department or polling place in the county.

The last day for county candidates to file their disclosure statement for the period ending Nov 2.

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

On this date, the County Clerk declares elected any incumbent superior or municipal court judge who has filed for office but whose name did not appear on either the primary or general election ballots because he or she was unopposed.

The official canvass of precinct returns is to be completed during this time.

The elections official shall prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit it to the Board of Supervisors.

The Board of Supervisors shall declare the winners for each office and the results of each measure under its jurisdiction. The county elections official shall make and deliver to each person elected a certificate of election.

Within five (5) days after the completion of the official canvass, any voter may request a recount by filing a written request with the Elections official and specifying which candidates and/or measures are to be recounted.

The request may specify the order of the precincts for the recount, and the petitioning voter shall, before commencement of each day's recount, deposit such sum as the official requires to cover costs (approximately $500 per day).

"Completion of the canvass" shall be presumed to be the time when the elections official signs the certified Statement of Vote.

Any elector of a county, city, or of any political subdivision of either may contest any election held therein for any of the following grounds:

1. That the precinct board or any member thereof was guilty of malconduct.
2. That the person who has been declared elected to an office was not, at the time of the election, eligible to that office.
3. That the defendant has given to any elector or member of a precinct board any bribe or reward, or has offered any bribe or reward for the purpose of procuring his election, or has committed any other offense against the elective franchise defined in Division 18 (commencing with §18000).
4. That illegal votes were cast.
5. That the precinct board in conducting the election or in canvassing the returns, made errors sufficient to change the result of the election as to any person who has been declared elected.
6. That there was an error in the vote-counting programs or summation of ballot counts.

§16100

No later than this date the elections official shall send one copy of the Statement of Vote to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State shall issue certificates of election to persons elected to U.S. Senate, Congress, and legislative offices.

Terms begin at noon on the first Monday after January 1 succeeding their election.

Nomination documents and signatures in-lieu of filing fee petitions (if applicable) shall be held during the term of office for which they were filed and for four years after the expiration of the term. They may be destroyed as soon as practicable thereafter provided no legal action or proceeding is pending.

Since the November 2000 election has federal offices on the ballot, precinct supplies and voted ballots must be preserved for 22 months following the election. If no legal action is pending at the time, the documents may be destroyed or recycled. Unused ballots may be destroyed or recycled after the November 2000 election.

Initiative, referendum and recall petitions must be preserved for eight months following certification of the election for which the petition qualified or eight months after final examination of the petition by the clerk. If no legal action or proceeding is then pending, the petitions may be destroyed as soon as practicable.

Last day to file semiannual campaign statements, if required, by all candidates and committees.

Candidates or committees making independent expenditures of $500 or more in a calendar year to support or oppose a candidate or measure shall file independent expenditure reports as if it were formed or existing primarily to support or oppose the candidate or measure.