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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2006-008 (1055/3078) AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT OF RUNOFF ELECTIONS WHEREAS, Section 610 of Article VI of the City Charter provides that the Council, by ordinance, may provide for the method of conducting municipal elections; and WHEREAS, Section 225(b) of Article II of the City Charter provides that in the event that no candidate for the offices of the Mayor or City Council receives at least 50% plus one of the votes cast for that office, the City Council shall provide for a runoff vote to determine the person elected; and WHEREAS, Section 225(c) of Article II of the City Charter specifies that the City Council shall adopt an ordinance establishing a runoff system for conducting the election. NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. The City of San Leandro shall conduct any runoff election necessary pursuant to Charter Section 225(b) among the two persons having the highest number of votes for that office. Section 2. A request shall be made to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to permit the consolidation ofthe City's Municipal Runoff Election with the Statewide General Election in November following the City's General Municipal Election, and to direct the Alameda County Registrar of Voters to provide all necessary services related to the runoff election and to bill the City for the cost of conducting said election. Section 3. Candidates participating in the runoff election may file a new candidate statement, limited to 200 words, with the City Clerk during normal office hours, not earlier than the 113th day nor later than the 88th day before the runoff election. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, until 5:00 p.m. ofthe next working day after the 88th day before the election. If a candidate elects not to file a new candidate statement, the City Clerk shall cause to be published in the voter's pamphlet for the runoff election the candidate statement submitted by the candidate for the General Municipal Election, unless otherwise instructed by the candidate. Section 4. The candidates shall pay a deposit, to be specified at the time of the call for the runoff election, of their pro-rata share of the costs of printing, handling, translating and mailing their candidate statement included in the voter's pamphlet. Section 5. Ordinance No. 2004-012 is hereby repealed in its entirety.