City of Turlock Electoral District Election Question, Measure A (November 2014)

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A City of Turlock Electoral District Election Question, Measure A ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in the city of Turlock in Stanislaus County, California. It was approved.

Upon its approval, Measure A was designed to change the city's council member elections from at-large elections, with every voter in the city voting for every council member, to by-district elections, with the city broken up into districts and voters in each district voting on the council member running to represent that district. This measure was designed to first take effect in 2016 with the two council seats that will be up for election in that year. The two remaining council seats will be elected according to the new system in 2018.

Election results

Measure A
Result		Votes	Percentage
a Yes		9,685	73.76%
No		3,446	26.24%

Election results from Stanislaus County Election Results

Text of measure

Impartial analysis

The following impartial analysis was prepared for Measure A:

“	Measure A (City of Turlock Ordinance No. 1197-CS) has been placed on the ballot by the City Council of the City of Turlock. The four city council members are elected at large. "At-large" elections mean that all registered voters in the City may vote for any candidate for election that year. A candidate is required to be a registered voter of the City at the time the person's nomination papers are issued. Measure A (City of Turlock Ordinance No. 1197-CS) proposes to change the manner in which Council members are elected to be by districts. Each Council member would be designated as representing one of four districts established by the City Council. A candidate for a district Council seat would be required to be a registered voter of and reside in that district at the time the person's nomination papers are issued. Only those registered voters who live in that district would be eligible to nominate and vote for the Council person to represent that district. The mayor would continue to be elected at large; meaning all registered voters in the City may vote for the mayor. If passed by a majority of the voters, this change in the election process would take effect in 2016 for the two council seats that would be up for election at that time. In 2018, the remaining two seats would be elected in this same manner. The districts were created by the City Council in accordance with State and Federal laws, which require that the districts be of approximate equal population, and are attached to the Measure as Exhibit A. Measure A (City of Turlock Ordinance No. 1197-CS) also permits decennial boundary adjustments based on new census data without a vote of the people. A "Yes" vote on Measure A (City of Turlock Ordinance No. 1197- CS) would change the manner in which City Council members are elected from "at large" to "by districts" and would comply with the California Voting Rights Act. A "No" vote would leave the existing election process in place and would leave the City vulnerable to a legal challenge under the California Voting Rights Act.	”
—Turlock City Attorney

See also

• Local election and voting laws on the ballot
• Stanislaus County, California ballot measures
• November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California

External links

Suggest a link

• Stanislaus County Elections Office website