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Menifee, California, Measure I, Eliminate At-Large Mayor (November 2018)
| Measure I: Menifee Eliminate At-Large Mayor |
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| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
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| Topic: |
| Local election and voting laws |
| Related articles |
| Local election and voting laws on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in California Riverside County, California ballot measures City governance on the ballot |
| See also |
| Menifee, California |
A measure to eliminate the at-large mayor was on the ballot for Menifee voters in Riverside County, California, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of eliminating the mayor as a position elected at-large by 2022, adding a fifth city council member, establishing that the mayor would be selected by the council from among the council members, and reducing the term of the mayor elected at 2020 from four years to two years. |
| A no vote was a vote against eliminating the mayor as a position elected at-large by 2022. |
Election results
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Menifee Measure I |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 12,062 | 44.26% | ||
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15,191 | 55.74% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
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Shall the ordinance providing for (1) the election of an at-large Mayor to two year term in 2020, (2) the elimination of the at-large Mayor office in 2022, and (3) the creation of a fifth City Council district in 2022, be adopted?[2] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis of the measure was prepared by the office of the Menifee City Attorney:
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The City Council of the City of Menifee (“City Council”) has placed before the voters the question to create a fifth City Council District and eliminate the citywide election of the Mayor, starting in 2022. The Menifee Municipal Code currently provides for four City Council Districts. Each City Council District elects a City Council Member, resulting in four City Council Members. The Mayor is selected separately based on a citywide election (sometimes referred to as an “at-large” election). If this Measure I is adopted, starting with the election in November 2022, a fifth City Council District will be created, and the process for selecting the Mayor based on a citywide election will be eliminated. After November 2022, the City Council will select the Mayor from among its members. If adopted, Measure I will make two additional changes so that the City would be ready for the transition to a fifth City Council District by 2022. First, the term of the Office of Mayor for the at-large mayoral election in 2020 will be shortened from four years to two years. Second, the City will start developing the geographic boundaries for the five City Council Districts after the 2020 election, relying on data from the 2020 census and the expert advice of an independent demographer. Last, if Measure I is adopted, the process of redrawing district boundaries based on census data and the expert advice of an independent demographer would be repeated every ten years. A “Yes” vote is a vote in favor of the creation of a fifth City Council District and the elimination of the at-large Mayor, commencing in 2022. A “No” vote is a vote to retain the existing process of selecting four City Council Members based on district elections and a Mayor through a citywide election. This measure will be approved if it receives a simple majority of “Yes” votes.[2] |
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| —Menifee City Attorney[1] | ||
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Menifee, California.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Voter's Edge, "Measure XX," accessed October 7, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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