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Stockton council adopts interview rules, appoints Albert Holman to District 1 seat
Summary
After approving clarified voting rules for filling the District 1 vacancy, the Stockton City Council interviewed 11 candidates and appointed Albert Holman. The council approved the interview/selection procedure 6-0 and later adopted a resolution to appoint Holman; the formal resolution passed 6-0.
The Stockton City Council on the night it interviewed 11 applicants for the District 1 vacancy approved a clarified interview-and-voting procedure and then appointed Albert Holman to fill the seat vacated by Steve Vesterladez.
The council voted 6-0 to adopt a resolution approving the interview and selection procedure before conducting individual candidate interviews. City Clerk Meisner told the council that the procedure required a council member to mark a ballot for a single candidate in round 1 and that “the candidate receiving 4 or more votes is selected.” Meisner also described added clarifying language allowing at least two candidates to remain after round 2 in some tie permutations and the use of Robert’s Rules of Order to break multi-way ties or deadlocks.
Why it matters: The clarified procedure was intended to prevent a situation in which successive eliminations could leave only one remaining candidate and to give the council a clear…
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