Terms Used In California Codes > Elections Code > Division 4 > Chapter 1 - Conditions for Mail Ballot Election

• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Clerk: means the county elections official, registrar of voters, city clerk, or other officer or board charged with the duty of conducting any election. See California Elections Code 307
• Disability: means a medical condition, mental disability, or physical disability, as those terms are defined in subdivisions (i), (j), and (l) of §. See California Elections Code 354.5
• District: means a habitat maintenance assessment district formed pursuant to this article. See California Government Code 50060
• Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
• Election board: means the board of supervisors of each county, the city council or other governing body of a city, or any board or officer to whom similar powers and duties are given by any charter. See California Elections Code 319
• Elections official: means any of the following:

  California Elections Code 320

• General election: means either of the following:

  California Elections Code 324

• Improvement: means one or any combination of the following:

  California Government Code 50060

• Legislative body: means the city council, board of supervisors, or any other governing body of a local agency. See California Government Code 50060
• Licensee: means any person authorized by a license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Sections 1000 and 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.8
• Local agency: means any city, county, or city and county, whether general law or chartered. See California Government Code 50060
• maintenance: means the furnishing of services and materials for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and servicing of any improvement, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

  California Government Code 50060

• Measure: means any constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to a popular vote at any election. See California Elections Code 329
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Party: means a political party or organization that has qualified for participation in any primary or presidential general election. See California Elections Code 338
• Polling place: means a location where a voter casts a ballot and includes the following terms, as applicable: poll, polling location, and vote center. See California Elections Code 338.5
• Precinct: means a geographical area within a county that is made up of voters and is formed pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12200) of Division 12. See California Elections Code 338.6
• Roster: means the official list of voters for an election, which may be in paper or electronic form. See California Elections Code 349.5
• Signature: includes either of the following:

  California Elections Code 354.5

• Special election: is a n election, the specific time for the holding of which is not prescribed by law. See California Elections Code 356
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
• Vote center: means a location established for holding elections that offers the services described in Sections 2170 and 4005. See California Elections Code 357.5
• Voter: means any elector who is registered under this code. See California Elections Code 359
• Voting system: means a mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic system and its software, or any combination of these used for casting a ballot, tabulating votes, or both. See California Elections Code 362
• Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.