Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Subject: Consolidation and Authorization of Election Services for the November 3, 2026 Statewide General Election
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
Consolidating the Statewide General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 (“November 2026 General Election”) with elections called by local governing bodies that have requested their respective elections be consolidated with the Statewide General Election; and
Calling a special election on the Regional Transit Measure and consolidating the special election with the November 2026 General Election; and
Authorizing the County’s Chief Elections Officer to provide specified election services and supplies in conjunction therewith.
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BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 10002, the governing body of any city or district may request the Board of Supervisors to permit the County’s Chief Elections Officer to provide specified services or supplies relating to the conduct of an election. Subject to the approval of the Board of Supervisors, these services and supplies shall be provided by the County’s Chief Elections Officer.
When elections are to be held on the same day and in or within the same territory upon the order of the governing body or bodies calling the election, the Board of Supervisors may consolidate those elections to be conducted and the returns canvassed by the County’s Chief Elections Officer in all respects as if they were one election pursuant to Elections Code Sections 10400-10418.
The following local governing bodies have requested that their respective elections be consolidated with the November 2026 General Election:
County of San Mateo—Charter Amendments
School Districts—San Mateo County Board of Education; Bayshore Elementary School District; Belmont-Redwood Shores School Distri...
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