Long Beach Municipal Code Div. II Election Procedures

Notwithstanding the provisions of the California Elections Code, including Section 15630, all ballots, whether voted or not, and any other relevant material, shall be examined as part of any municipal election recount.

(ORD-23-0049 § 2(Exh. A), 2023)

Notwithstanding any provision of the California Elections Code, any voter may request a partial recount in which the ballots for a selected number of precincts are examined. Notwithstanding the above, any recount which is not completed by counting the votes in each and every precinct in the jurisdiction within which votes were cast on the candidates for the office or on the measure in question shall be null and void.

(ORD-23-0049 § 2(Exh. A), 2023)

The City Clerk shall order a full recount of the ballots in any municipal election wherein the difference between the two (2) candidates receiving the most votes is one-half (½) of one percent (1%) or less and the difference in the absolute vote is fifty (50) votes or less. The City shall pay all attendant costs. This Section is intended to supplement those provisions of the California Elections Code relating to recount.

(ORD-23-0049 § 2(Exh. A), 2023)

A. No ballot designation given by a candidate shall be changed by the candidate after the date for filing nomination documents, except as specifically provided in this Section or California Elections Code Section 13107.

B. Ballot designations shall remain the same for all purposes of both the primary and general election, unless a candidate, at least seven (7) days after the date of the primary election, requests in writing to the City Clerk an alternate designation for the general election which the candidate is entitled to use at the time of the request.

(ORD-23-0049 § 2(Exh. A), 2023)

Notwithstanding the provisions of the California Elections Code, candidates' statements, as defined in California Elections Code Section 13307, for candidates in any municipal election shall be filed with the City Clerk by the deadline required by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.

(ORD-23-0049 § 2(Exh. A), 2023)

A. Notwithstanding California Elections Code Sections 10229 and 8601, if by five (5:00) p.m., on the eighty-eighth (88th) day prior to the day fixed for a regular or special election (or the eighty-third (83rd) day if an incumbent fails to file), (i) no one or only one (1) candidate has been nominated for any office which is elected on a City-wide basis, or (ii) no one or only one (1) candidate has been nominated to be elected from a councilmanic district, a write-in candidate shall be permitted to obtain and submit nomination papers for such office on the first business day after the regular close of filing for nomination papers.

B. If no candidate files nomination papers for a write-in candidacy by five (5:00) p.m., of the eighty-first (81st) day before such election, the City Clerk shall submit a certificate of these facts to the City Council. At its next regular meeting, the City Council shall do one (1) of the following:

1. Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated; or

2. Appoint to the office any eligible elector if no one has been nominated.

C. Notwithstanding any provision of the California Elections Code to the contrary, if the City Council makes an appointment pursuant to this Section, the City Clerk shall not accept for filing any statement of write-in candidacy that is submitted after the appointment is made.

D. If, by the seventy-fifth (75th) day prior to such election, the City Council has not appointed any person to the office pursuant to this Section, the election for that office will be held.

(ORD-23-0049 § 2(Exh. A), 2023)