California Elections Code 11221 – The number of qualified signatures required in order to qualify a …
The number of qualified signatures required in order to qualify a recall for the ballot shall be as follows:
(a) In the case of an officer of a city, county, school district, community college district, county board of education, or resident voting district, the number of signatures shall be equal in number to not less than the following percent of the registered voters in the electoral jurisdiction:
Terms Used In California Elections Code 11221
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Election: means any election including a primary that is provided for under this code. See California Elections Code 318
- Elections official: means any of the following:
California Elections Code 320
- General election: means either of the following:
California Elections Code 324
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1) Thirty percent if the registration is less than 1,000.
(2) Twenty-five percent if the registration is less than 10,000 but at least 1,000.
(3) Twenty percent if the registration is less than 50,000 but at least 10,000.
(4) Fifteen percent if the registration is less than 100,000 but at least 50,000.
(5) Ten percent if the registration is 100,000 or above.
(b) For purposes of this section, the number of registered voters shall be calculated as of the time of the last report of registration by the county elections official to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 2187, and prior to the finding by the elections official or Secretary of State that no alterations are required in the form of the recall petition pursuant to Section 11042.
(c) (1) In the case of a state officer, including judges of courts of appeal and trial courts, the number of signatures shall be as provided for in subdivision (b) of § 14 of Article II of the California Constitution. In the case of a judge of a superior court, which office has never appeared on the ballot since its creation, or did not appear on the ballot at its last election pursuant to Section 8203, the number of signatures shall be as provided in subdivision (b) of § 14 of Article II of the California Constitution, except that the percentage shall be based on the number of votes cast within the judicial jurisdiction for the countywide office which had the least number of votes in the most recent general election in the county in which the judge holds his or her office.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, “countywide office” means an elective office wholly within the county which is voted on throughout the county.
(d) In the case of a landowner voting district, signatures of voters owning at least 10 percent of the assessed value of land within the electoral jurisdiction of the officer sought to be recalled.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2003.)