City of Ceres Council District Elections, Measure D (November 2015)
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A measure to institute "by-district" elections for the Ceres City Council was on the ballot for Ceres voters in Stanislaus County, California, on November 3, 2015. It was approved.
The measure changed the system by which city council members are elected. Prior to the measure, members were elected "at-large." The measure instituted "by-district" elections, where members must live in the district that they represent and are elected by only voters living in that district. Measure D established that the mayor be elected "at-large" by all voters in the city.[1]
Measure D was put on the ballot by the city council in an attempt to avoid lawsuits over the city's at-large city council member election system. The city council was concerned by several other cases in California in which minority groups successfully sued cities or school districts, forcing district representation. Some conjectured that the city council would be pressured to establish city council districts even if voters had rejected Measure D.[2]
Election results
| Ceres, Measure D | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 1,846 | 68.04% | ||
| No | 867 | 31.96% | ||
- Election results from Stanislaus County Elections Department
Text of measure
Ballot question
The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]
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Should the city institute “by-district” elections whereby four (4) council members would have to live in the district they represent, and be elected only by the voters living in that district, with a Mayor elected “at-large” by all of the voters in the city?[3] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of Measure D was prepared by the office of the Ceres city attorney:
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Currently, the four (4) City Council members and the Mayor are elected “at-large,” in other words, by the voters of the entire City of Ceres. The City of Ceres City Council has placed Measure D on the ballot to ask the voters of Ceres if they should institute “by-district” elections, whereby four (4) councilmember shall reside within the district they represent and be elected by the voters of that district only according to the proposed map. Under Measure D, the Mayor would continue to be elected “at-large” by the voters of the entire City of Ceres. If approved by majority of the voters, the first by-district elections would occur for Districts One and Two in the November 2017 General Election. The first by-district elections for Districts Three and Four would occur in November 2019 General Election. Under Measure D, the next at-large election for Mayor would also occur in the November 2019 General Election.[3] |
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| —Tom Hallinan, city attorney of the city of Ceres[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of Measure D is available here.
Path to the ballot
Measure D was put on the ballot by a vote of the Ceres City Council.[1]
Recent news
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See also
- Local election and voting laws on the ballot
- Stanislaus County, California ballot measures
- November 3, 2015 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stanislaus County Elections, "Ceres sample ballot for election on November 3, 2015," accessed October 5, 2015
- ↑ Ceres Courier, "Explaining Ceres' Two Measures," October 21, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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