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Council certifies election results and hears public calls to move municipal elections to November
Summary
Council certified April 14 election results and swore in new members Cedric White and Rocio Castellanos. Public commenters urged the council to shift municipal elections to November, citing low turnout and high per-election costs; a visiting official from Burbank cited turnout improvements after switching to November.
Lancaster’s City Council certified the April 14 municipal election results and administered the oath of office to newly elected council members Cedric White and Rocio Castellanos.
City election staff presented the certified canvas, reporting total vote-by-mail returns of 9,114 and a voter turnout of approximately 9.27 percent from roughly 97,959 registered voters. The clerk and council moved to adopt the resolution certifying the…
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