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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14707›DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW 5000-10841›PART 4. NONPROFIT RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS 9110-9690›CHAPTER 4. Meetings and Voting 9410-9421

§ 9413

California Corporations Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Any action which may be taken at any regular or special meeting of members may be taken without a meeting if the written ballot of every member is solicited, if the required number of signed approvals in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is received, and if the requirements of subdivision (c) are satisfied. Unless otherwise provided by the articles or bylaws and if approved by the board of directors, that ballot and any related material may be sent by electronic transmission by the corporation (Section 20) and responses may be returned to the corporation by electronic transmission to the corporation (Section 21).

(b) All solicitations of ballots shall indicate the time by which the ballot must be returned to be counted.

(c) Approval by written ballot pursuant to this section shall be valid only when the number of ballots cast on or before the time the ballot must be returned to be counted equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action, and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that would be required to approve at a meeting at which the total number of votes cast was the same as the number of ballots cast.

(d) A written ballot may not be revoked.

(e) Directors may be elected by written ballot under this section, where authorized by the articles or bylaws, except that election by written ballot may not be authorized where the directors are elected by cumulative voting pursuant to Section 9415.

(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 254, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2005.)

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