Elections Archives - Educational Community for Homeowners (ECHO)

SB 969 – Association Elections

Elections, Inspectors of Election

Includes among the permissible reasons for disqualifying a person from nomination as a member of a Board of Directors of a common interest development, if the person has served the […]

SB 323 – Elections: Felons, Access, and Redress

Elections, Inspectors of Election

This bill makes changes to a large number of election-related rules, including: director qualifications, permissible election venues, inspector of elections provisions, member list information, the minimum period between elections, and […]

SB 754 – Election by Acclamation

Elections

The Davis-Stirling Act currently requires the election of directors to serve on the board of directors of the association to be held by secret ballot, and requires an association to […]

2017 Legislation – AB 1426 – Uncontested Elections

Elections

Under the current system, associations must always use a double envelope, secret ballot system in their elections. This requirement applies even when the outcome of the election is already decided: […]

2016 Legislation – AB 1799 – Elections by Acclamation

Elections

AB 1799 would offer an alternative voting process to associations with uncontested elections – those elections where the number of candidates for the board equals the number vacant seats. Under […]

2014 Legislation: AB 1360 – Electronic Voting

Ballots, Elections, Voting-Membership

This bill authorizes an association to conduct elections or other membership balloting by electronic voting. It also requires an association to provide each member with an opportunity to indicate that […]