Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50750. Section 50750.
Each member of the election board, upon entering upon his duties, shall be sworn to a faithful performance thereof by some officer authorized to administer oaths.
ARTICLE 2. Conducting [50750. - 50759.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 2.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 50751. Section 50751.
If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an election board, the voters present at the opening of the polls may appoint the election board.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50752. Section 50752.
The election board shall canvass the votes cast and issue certificates of election to the persons elected, and shall place the ballots, when canvassed, in a sealed envelope and forward it to the county elections official.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50753. Section 50753.
Each voter may cumulate his votes, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of trustees to be elected multiplied by the number of votes he is entitled to cast, or to distribute them on the same principle among any number of candidates.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50754. Section 50754.
The board of directors of irrigation districts holding title to lands obtained through collectors’ deeds may cast the votes belonging to such lands.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50755. Section 50755.
Any qualified voter may challenge any vote, and the election board shall determine whether the person challenged is entitled to vote. Any member of the election board may administer oaths for the purposes of this section.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50756. Section 50756.
The candidates, of the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50757. Section 50757.
Any person who knowingly makes an untrue statement in establishing his right to vote in a district election shall incur all of the penalties provided in the Elections Code for persons illegally voting at elections.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50758. Section 50758.
If the ownership of any property in the district is changed after the making of the last equalized tax roll for the county wherein the property is situated, the owner thereof or his legal representative may vote at a district election upon the production of evidence of ownership of such property.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 50759. Section 50759.
No person shall vote by proxy at a district election unless authority to vote is evidenced by an instrument in writing acknowledged and certified in the same manner as grants of real property and filed with the election board.
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