That's a good hypothetical question. It appears that it would be determined
by whether the election is an election for the office of the Governor or a
measure submitted to the voters under subdivision (n). If it is considered
a measure, county election offices could separate it onto a different ballot
(or otherwise vary the order), per subdivision (o)
Scott
Elections Code
13109. The order of precedence of offices on the ballot shall be as
listed below for those offices and measures that apply to the
election for which this ballot is provided. Beginning in the column
to the left:
(a) Under the heading, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT:
Nominees of the qualified political parties and independent
nominees for President and Vice President.
(b) Under the heading, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
(1) Names of the presidential candidates to whom the delegates are
pledged.
(2) Names of the chairpersons of unpledged delegations.
(c) Under the heading, STATE:
(1) Governor.
(2) Lieutenant Governor.
(3) Secretary of State.
(4) Controller.
(5) Treasurer.
(6) Attorney General.
(7) Insurance Commissioner.
(8) Member, State Board of Equalization.
(d) Under the heading, UNITED STATES SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the United States Senate.
(e) Under the heading, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE:
Candidates or nominees to the House of Representatives of the
United States.
(f) Under the heading, STATE SENATOR:
Candidates or nominees to the State Senate.
(g) Under the heading, MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY:
Candidates or nominees to the Assembly.
(h) Under the heading, COUNTY COMMITTEE:
Members of the County Central Committee.
(i) Under the heading, JUDICIAL:
(1) Chief Justice of California.
(2) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
(3) Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal.
(4) Associate Justice, Court of Appeal.
(5) Judge of the Superior Court.
(6) Marshal.
(j) Under the heading, SCHOOL:
(1) Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(2) County Superintendent of Schools.
(3) County Board of Education Members.
(4) College District Governing Board Members.
(5) Unified District Governing Board Members.
(6) High School District Governing Board Members.
(7) Elementary District Governing Board Members.
(k) Under the heading, COUNTY:
(1) County Supervisor.
(2) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
(l) Under the heading, CITY:
(1) Mayor.
(2) Member, City Council.
(3) Other offices in alphabetical order by the title of the
office.
(m) Under the heading, DISTRICT:
Directors or trustees for each district in alphabetical order
according to the name of the district.
(n) Under the heading, MEASURES SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS and the
appropriate heading from subdivisions (a) through (m), above, ballot
measures in the order, state through district shown above, and within
each jurisdiction, in the order prescribed by the official
certifying them for the ballot.
(o) In order to allow for the most efficient use of space on the
ballot in counties that use a voting system, as defined in Section
362, the county elections official may vary the order of subdivisions
(j), (k), (l), (m), and (n) as well as the order of offices within
these subdivisions. However, the office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall always precede any school, county, or city office,
and state measures shall always precede local measures.
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Scott Lay
Director, State Budget Issues
Community College League of California
scottlay@ccleague.org - 916.441.0353
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu
[mailto:owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Alvarez
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 1:44 PM
To: election-law@majordomo.lls.edu
Subject: Ballot order if recall is in March
Sorry to keep posing hypothetical questions, but I'm
curious about where the gubernatorial recall would fall
on the ballot were the recall election postponed until
March. Would it come first? Would it come after the
presidential? Would it come after all the candidate races?
Would it be on a separate ballot? Is this something that
could vary across counties (as some elections officials have
announced they might need to use two separate ballots if
the recall were postponed to March)?
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R. Michael Alvarez (O) 626-395-4422
Professor of Political Science (F) 626-405-9841
Co-Director, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
rma@hss.caltech.edu
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