Hayward Municipal Code Art. IV Elections

General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe, shall be consolidated with the California State General Election held in even numbered years.

(AMENDED: STATS. 1994 CH. 22; amended by Initiative Charter Amendment , adopted June 7, 2016)

All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of general law, or by ordinance, shall be known as special municipal elections.

Unless otherwise provided by ordinances 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 may hereafter be amended, for the holding of elections in cities of the sixth class, insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

Except insofar as is otherwise provided by ordinances hereafter enacted, the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, governing the initiative, the referendum and the recall of municipal officers shall apply to the use thereof in the City insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.