DIVISION 11. RECALL ELECTIONS 11000-11386›CHAPTER 1. General Procedures: General Provisions and Initial Steps in the Recall 11000-11047›ARTICLE 2. The Notice of Intention, Statement, and Answer 11020-11024
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California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) Within seven days after the filing of the notice of intention, the officer sought to be recalled may file with the elections official, or in the case of a state officer, the Secretary of State, an answer, in not more than 200 words, to the statement of the proponents.
(b) If an answer is filed, the officer shall, within seven days after the filing of the notice of intention, also serve a copy of it, by personal delivery or by certified mail, on one of the proponents named in the notice of intention.
(c) The answer shall be signed and shall be accompanied by the printed name and business or residence address of the officer sought to be recalled.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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