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Los Altos council directs staff to prepare resolution calling a special election for November to fill vacant seat
Summary
After clarifying legal timing with the city clerk, the council voted to ask staff to prepare a resolution calling a special election during the November general election to fill a vacant council seat created earlier this year; members asked staff to avoid ballot confusion during the switch to district elections.
The Los Altos City Council voted to direct staff to prepare a resolution calling a special election to fill a vacant council seat in November.
City Clerk explained that, by statute, filling a vacancy is treated as a special election even when it coincides with a regularly scheduled election; because Los Altos is switching to district elections in November,…
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