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Elections Code - ELEC

DIVISION 10. LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS [10000 - 10735]

  ( Division 10 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )
  

PART 6. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES [10700 - 10735]

  ( Part 6 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Nomination of Candidates for Legislative and Congressional Offices at Special Elections [10700 - 10707]
  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2. )

  
10705.  

(a) All candidates shall be listed on one ballot and, except as provided in subdivision (b), if any candidate receives a majority of all votes cast, he or she shall be declared elected, and no special general election shall be held.

(b) If only one candidate qualifies to have his or her name printed on the special general election ballot, that candidate shall be declared elected, and no special general election shall be held.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 42. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to Sec. 67 of Ch. 1.)