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<br />6 <br /> <br />Election <br />Year <br />Election <br />Type <br />Shared <br />Election <br />Polls and Mail <br /> Election Cost <br />All Mail <br />Election Cost <br />Measure <br /> <br />2020 City Council X >$64,000** >$51,000** <br />2020 <br />Ballot <br />Measure X >$100,000** >$67,000** <br />* The City paid $51,000 in election-related charges to the County and also spent <br />$30,000 in City-funded outreach to explain the all mail election approach. <br />** County Elections Office has not provided a precise estimate, as jurisdictions continue <br />to take action on SB 415, which will directly impact County even-year election costs <br />starting in 2018 and 2020. <br />Vote by All Mail Election <br />At the October 17, 2016 meeting, Council requested additional information on <br />conducting Vote by All Mail elections. According to the San Mateo County Elections <br />Official, under AB 2028, jurisdictions in the County can hold an all mail election only if all <br />jurisdictions who have an election in November 2017 approve having their election <br />being conducted by all mail. Therefore, if the City were to seek to hold an all mail <br />election in 2017, the City of Burlingame, the City of San Mateo, the Portola Valley <br />School District, the San Carlos School District and the San Mateo-Foster City School <br />District would need to agree to do so as well. This special legislation specific to San <br />Mateo County is set to expire on January 1, 2018. <br />Regarding the 2018 and 2019 elections, SB 450, the “California Voter’s Choice Act,” <br />was signed into law by Governor Brown in September 2016. SB 450 allows 14 Counties <br />in the state, including San Mateo County, to hold all mail elections beginning January 1, <br />2018. This also includes federal elections. The County Board of Supervisors has the <br />authority to call for an all mail election under SB 450 but has not acted to do so at this <br />time. Per the legislation, the City would need to establish two voting centers to accept <br />ballot drop-offs. <br />SB 415 Impact on Timing of Charter Amendments and Revenue Ballot Measures <br />Changing election cycles also would affect the timing of the opportunity to put Charter <br />amendments or general revenue measures (such as sales tax, utility users’ tax, <br />transient occupancy tax and bonds) before the voters. <br />Charter amendments are periodically considered by the City Council and may be <br />appropriate to consider in conjunction with modifications to the City’s election <br />procedures as is described further below. Charter amendments must be placed on <br />even-year statewide general election ballots. Therefore, the next opportunity for a City <br />8.B. - Page 6