Providing for the nonpartisan election and nomination by county primary election of county officers

This bill requires that county supervisors, auditors, sheriffs, treasurers, recorders, and attorneys be nominated and elected on a nonpartisan basis. The bill establishes a county primary election for the nomination of nonpartisan county officers to the general election ballot. The county primary election is required to be administered concurrently with the primary election, as provided for in the bill. Under the bill, the number of candidates to be nominated at the county primary election is required to be twice the number of officers to be elected to a particular office at the general election. The candidates receiving the greatest number of votes in the county primary election are nominated and entitled to have the candidate’s name printed on the official ballot to be voted for at the general election, as provided for under the bill. Under the bill, nonpartisan candidates for county office and other nonpartisan candidates are extended the same rights to observe elections conduct that are provided to nonpartisan candidates for city and school district office under current law. The bill also makes corresponding changes, and maintains current law related to the conduct of partisan elections for special charter cities.