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6. Request to Consolidate and Conduct Election and Canvass Returns. <br />(a) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of <br />Supervisors of the County of Alameda is hereby requested to consent and agree to the <br />consolidation of a General Municipal Election with the Statewide Election on Tuesday, <br />November 2, 2010, for the purpose of placing the measure set forth in Sections 2 and 4 on the <br />ballot. <br />(b) The County of Alameda Election Department is authorized to canvass the returns <br />of the General Municipal Election. The election shall be held in all respects as if there were only <br />one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used. <br />(c) The Board of Supervisors is requested to issue instructions to the County of <br />Alameda Registrar of Voters to take any and all steps necessary for the holding of the <br />consolidated election. <br />(d) The City of San Leandro recognizes that additional costs will be incurred by the <br />County of Alameda by reason of this consolidation and agrees to reimburse the County for any <br />costs. <br />7. Submission of Ballot Argument and Impartial Analysis. <br />(a) The last day for submission of direct arguments for or against the measure shall <br />be by 5:00 p.m. on August 2, 2010. <br />(b) The last day for submission of rebuttal arguments for or against the measure shall <br />be by 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2010. <br />(c) Direct arguments shall not exceed three hundred (300) words and shall be signed <br />by not more than five persons. <br />(d) Rebuttal arguments shall not exceed two hundred fifty (250) words and shall be <br />signed by not more than five persons; those persons may be different persons than the persons <br />who signed the direct arguments. <br />(e) The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure by August 2, <br />2010. <br />(f) Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 9285, when the City Clerk has <br />selected the arguments for and against the measure, which will be printed and distributed to the <br />voters, the City Clerk shall send copies of the argument in favor of the measure to the authors of <br />the argument against, and copies of the argument against to the authors of the argument in favor. <br />Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal <br />argument shall immediately follow the direct argument, which it seeks to rebut. <br />4 <br />