Elections: special: vote by mail.

Under existing law, a small city with a population of 100,000 or less, and an eligible entity, as defined, may conduct an election therein wholly by all-mail ballot, subject to certain conditions, including that the election is a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislative body of the small city or the governing board of the eligible entity, and that the election is not consolidated with any other election. This bill would also authorize a small county with a population of 400,000 or less to conduct a special election to fill a vacancy in a legislative body or governing body, or any special election called by the Governor, wholly by all-mail ballot, subject to the same conditions currently imposed on small cities and other eligible entities. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.