November 2026 Election Ordinance Amendments

At a glance

What: On October 8, 2026, Council amended the three ordinances ordering the November 3, 2026, elections: a general obligation bond election, the election of Council Members for Districts 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9, and a special election on proposed charter amendments.
Where it stands: All three were approved on consent, 11-0, on Council Member Duchen's motion and Council Member Harper-Madison's second, as emergency ordinances.
Next: Election day is November 3, 2026.

Item 32, Ordinance No. 20261008-032, amends Ordinance No. 20260806-002 (bond election): updates Exhibit A (election day and early voting polling places) and adds Exhibits D (English and Spanish text of the ordinance calling the election), E (election services contracts and joint election agreements), and F, G and H (election day judges, central counting station staff, early voting ballot board).
Item 33, Ordinance No. 20261008-033, amends Ordinance No. 20260806-003 (district Council races): final early voting schedule in Exhibit A, bilingual text, polling places, contracts and election staff exhibits.
Item 34 amends Ordinance No. 20260806-004 (special election on charter amendments) in the same way. The minutes label its number as Resolution No. 20261008-034 although the item is an ordinance.
Funding for all three is in the City Clerk's Fiscal Year 2026-2027 operating budget.

Three election ordinance amendments approved on consent 11-0.