Mountain View Municipal Code Art. XIII Elections

General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the council may prescribe, shall be held in said city on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year, commencing with the year 1994.

(As amended November 2, 1993.)

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.

Except as hereinafter provided, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, for the holding of elections in general law cities, insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter. In all municipal elections, the city council may appoint a canvassing board, which shall meet on the morning of the first Tuesday following the election and canvass the returns and certify the results thereof to the city council.

(As amended November 6, 1962.)

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

Every incumbent of an elective office of the city, whether elected by popular vote or appointed thereto to fill a vacancy, shall be subject to removal from office by recall by the voters of the city. The procedure to effect such removal from office shall be as prescribed by the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, relating to the recall of municipal officers.