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MEMORANDUM
TO: LAKE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Diane C Fridley, Registrar of Voters
DATE: May 2, 2017
SUBJECT: Public Hearing - Consideration of Resolution Approving the Election Date Change for Governing Board Members on the Board of Trustees of Mendocino-Lake Community College District from Odd-Numbered Years to the Same Day as the Statewide General Election held in Even-Numbered Years.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
In response to the "California Voter Participation Rights Act, SB 415" signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on September 1, 2015, which requires districts with regularly scheduled odd-year elections with at least 25% less than the average turnout of previous four statewide general elections to adopt a plan to change to the same day as the Statewide General Election held in even-numbered years; the Mendocino-Lake Community College District has complied with the requirements of SB 415.
The Mendocino-Lake Community College District's Board of Trustees' adopted a resolution requesting the Lake County Board of Supervisors to consider changing the Community College District's Governing Board Member Election from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years and your Board accepted the Mendocino-Lake Community College District's Resolution at your regular meeting on March 7, 2017.
Elections Code ?10405.7 requires your Board to approve the attached Resolution no later than May 2, 2017, within 60 days of submission of the Mendocino-Lake Community College District's Resolution, changing the Mendocino-Lake Community College District's Governing Board Member Election Date to even-numbered years commencing with the November 6, 2018 Statewide General Election since the Registrar of Voters has determined that the change of election date will not cause the ballot layout, computer capacity or computer equipment to be exceeded with the consolidation of the Mendocino-Lake Community College District's Governing Board Member Elections.
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