Section 501.   Special municipal elections.
   All other municipal elections may be held by authority of general law, or by ordinance, and shall be known as special municipal elections. The city council may determine that any special municipal election shall be held by mailed ballot notwithstanding any provision of the general law to the contrary.
(Assembly Concurrent Res. No. 142, Ch. 135, Statutes of 1965; Res. No. 84 74-75 §3(b), Passed 4-8-75, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 4-21-75; Res. No. 146 95-96 §1, Measure I, Passed 11-5-96, Filed in Office of Secretary of State 12-19-96)