Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title CHA — The Charter of the City of Cerritos
Cerritos Municipal Code Art. VIII Elections
Cerritos Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Cerritos
Cite as: Cerritos Municipal Code Article VIII · Text as of 2026-10-04
Section 800. GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.¶
General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the City Council may prescribe shall be held in the City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each odd numbered year. The date for the election was established by ordinance of the City Council pursuant to the provisions of this Charter in effect at the time of the said ordinance adoption. Any subsequent change to the general municipal election date shall require voter approval. A change in the date of the general municipal election may change the length of a term of office, but only to the extent required to accommodate that change of date, and subject to the limitation that as a result of any Charter amendment effecting a change in date of an election, no term of office shall be increased or decreased by more than twelve months; thereafter, such terms of office shall be of such length as is otherwise provided by law.
(As amended by Cerritos voters at the following election(s): March 4, 2025, November 8, 1994)
Section 801. SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.¶
All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of any law, shall be known as special municipal elections.
Section 802. PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING ELECTIONS.¶
Unless otherwise provided by ordinance hereafter enacted, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, for the holding of elections in general law cities so far as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.
Section 803. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL.¶
There are hereby reserved to the electors of the City the powers of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of municipal elective officers. The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, governing the initiative and referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in the City so far as such provisions of the Elections Code are not in conflict with the provisions of this charter.
(As amended by Cerritos voters at the following election(s): March 4, 2025)
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