Kingsburg Municipal Code Art. VI Elections

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the State Elections Code for the holding of municipal elections, so far as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

(A) Special Elections. The Council may call special elections for such purposes as the Council may prescribe. A special election may be held on any date specified by the Council.

(B) Initiative, Referendum and Recall. The electors of the City reserve to themselves the powers of initiative and referendum and the recall of elective officers, to be exercised in the manner prescribed by State law.

(C) Tie Votes. If at any election two or more persons tie for election by receiving equal highest number of votes for a City office, the tie shall be resolved by a special runoff election involving only those who were so tied, that election to be held in the City on a Tuesday not less than 40 nor more than 125 days after the administrative or judicial certification of the election that resulted in such tie.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, general municipal elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years or on such other day as the State may determine in the future to conduct the statewide general election in such even-numbered years.

When an election for the then-remaining term(s) of office of Councilmember(s) is to be held at the same time as the regular election of Councilmembers to full four (4) year terms of office, the partial term(s) shall be separated from the full terms in the notice, nomination, ballot, election, counting and certification processes. No person may be nominated at the same election for both a partial and full term of office of Councilmember.