Earlier editions: 2026-07
Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 18.2 Procedure, elections code
Redondo Beach Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Redondo Beach
Cite as: Redondo Beach Municipal Code § 18.2 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 18. General municipal elections.¶
General Municipal Elections to fill elective offices shall be held in said City on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of each succeeding odd-numbered year to fill the offices of persons whose terms expire on March 31st next succeeding the election. Each person elected at a General Municipal Election shall hold office for a term of four years from April 1st next succeeding such person's election. General Municipal Elections shall be consolidated with Board of Education elections.
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18—as amended by election 4-10-73, 6-6-78 and 3-7-23.
§ 18.1. Special municipal elections.¶
Special municipal elections may be held by authority of this Charter or by authority of any law of the State of California during the period this Charter shall be in effect.
§ 18.2. Procedure, elections code.¶
All elections held under this Charter shall be held and conducted 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 unless such provisions are in conflict with the provisions of this Charter or unless an ordinance providing for the manner of holding and conducting elections is adopted by the City Council.
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18.2—as amended by election 3-5-85.
§ 18.3. Initiative, referendum, recall.¶
The provisions of the elections code of the State of California, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, governing the initiative, referendum and recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in this City in so far as the provisions of the elections code are not in conflict with this Charter.
§ 18.4. Majority vote: Instant runoff election.¶
A. The City Council must by ordinance provide for an instant runoff voting system in the elections of each city elective office listed in Article VI, Article VIII, and Article X. A majority (more than half), of the votes cast for all candidates, or a majority of the operative votes on continuing ballots in subsequent rounds, is required for the election of a candidate to each such office as determined by an instant runoff voting system process detailed in the ordinance the council must enact.
B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, members of the Board of Education shall continue to be elected by a plurality of votes cast. [1]
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18.4—as added by election 11-4-80; as amended by election 11-6-84, 3-7-95 and 3-7-23.
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