Visalia Municipal Code Art. V Elections

Section 1. General municipal elections, after the effective date of this Charter, for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe shall be held on the date prescribed by the Education Code. All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of the general law, shall be known as special municipal elections.

Section 2. Provisions of State Law to Apply: The Council may, by ordinance, make further provisions as to the manner of holding and conducting elections. The provisions of the laws of the State of California relating to municipal elections, the qualifications of electors, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, and all other particulars so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, except as otherwise provided in this Charter, or by such ordinance; provided, that no primary elections shall be held.

Section 3. Terms of Elective Officers: Elective officers shall hold office for a period of four years from and after eight o'clock p.m. of the first Monday following the day of election, and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided further that any person elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. In the election of councilmen and members of the Board of Education, where full terms and one or more unexpired terms are to be filled, no distinction shall be made in nomination or voting between the full terms and the unexpired terms, but the person or persons elected by the highest number of votes shall be elected for the full term or terms, and the persons receiving the next highest vote shall be elected for the unexpired term or terms, as the case may be.