10B Action 2010 0719 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

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