Watsonville Municipal Code Art. XIII Elections

SECTION 1300 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

A General Municipal Election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even numbered year, commencing with the year 1994, for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the Council may prescribe.

SECTION 1301 SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

All other municipal elections which may be held by authority of this Charter, or by any law, shall be known as Special Municipal Elections.

SECTION 1302 PROCEDURE FOR HOLDING ELECTIONS.

Unless otherwise provided by ordinances hereafter enacted, 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 cities, insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

SECTION 1303 FIRST ELECTION UNDER CHARTER.

A Special Municipal Election shall be held for the election of the first Mayor and the first members of the Council under this Charter within one hundred and twenty (120) days following the approval of this Charter by the Legislature of the State of California.

SECTION 1304 INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL.

The powers of the initiative, the referendum and the recall of elected municipal officers are hereby reserved to the electors of the City. Unless otherwise provided by ordinances, hereafter enacted, the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, governing the initiative, the referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall be applicable insofar as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.