2018-055 - City's General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election

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RESOLUTION NO. 2018-055 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA CALLING FOR AND GIVING NOTICE OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018 FOR SUBMISSION TO THE VOTERS OF THE QUESTION OF WHETHER CITY CHARTER SECTIONS 101.2 AND 400 SHALL BE AMENDED REQUIRING CITY COUNCILMEMBER ELECTION FROM HIS OR HER RESIDENCY WARD AND ONLY BY REGISTERED VOTERS OF THAT WARD, INSTEAD OF CITY COUNCILMEMBER ELECTION BY THE REGISTERED VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY, AND TO REQUIRE WARD BOUNDARIES TO COMPLY WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW, AND REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ORANGE COUNTY CONSOLIDATE THE CITY'S GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. A general municipal election of the City of Santa Ana will be held on November 6, 2018. B. The City Council adopted Resolution No. 2018-056 submitting to the voters the question relating to a proposed amendment to the City Charter regarding changing from at -large election of City Councilmembers to a by -ward election of City Councilmembers and providing for ward boundaries to be drawn in accordance with state and federal law. C. There will be a statewide general election held on November 6, 2018. D. It is desirable that the general municipal election of the City of Santa Ana on November 6, 2018 be consolidated with the statewide general election to be held on the same date and; that within the City of Santa Ana, the precincts and polling places be the same, and that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange canvass the returns of both elections, in all respects as if there were only one election. Resolution 2018-055 Page 1 of 3