Needles Municipal Code Art. XV Elections

General municipal elections for the election of officers and for such other purposes as the council may prescribe shall be held in the city in November of even- numbered years on the same date as statewide elections commencing with the year 2006. (Res. No. 4-27-04)

All other municipal elections that may be held by authority of this Charter, or of any law, shall be known as special municipal elections.

Unless otherwise provided by ordinance hereafter enacted, all elections shall be held in accordance with the provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exists or hereafter may be amended, for the holding of municipal elections so far as the same are not in conflict with this Charter.

There are hereby reserved to the electors of the city the powers of the initiative and referendum and of the recall of municipal elective officers. The provisions of the Elections Code of the State of California, as the same now exist or hereafter may be amended, governing the initiative and referendum and the recall of municipal officers, shall apply to the use thereof in the city so far as such provisions of the Elections Code are not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter.