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'Elections, not selections': Porterville council approves special-election rule for council vacancies
Summary
The council voted 5-0 to require special elections to fill council vacancies when more than roughly one year remains on the term, allowing only short temporary appointments until the election; members cited past long-term appointments as rationale.
The Porterville City Council voted unanimously to change its approach to filling council vacancies, adopting a framework the council summarized as “Elections, not selections.” Under the approach the council approved, vacancies with more than about one year remaining in the unexpired term would be filled by special election (or consolidated with a near general election where practicable) and council…
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