Election 2024

General Information   - Find your district using the Interactive Map

SEE CANDIDATES WHO QUALIFIED FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL ELECTION 

• Candidate Statements
• 2024 Guide to Filing Measure Arguments and Rebuttals - Forms to submit Arguments and Rebuttals
• Getting Started Guide - 2024
• Key Dates
• 501s on File - Intention to Run in the November 5, 2024, Election
• Campaign Filing Schedule
• Campaign Reports - Electronic Filing System
• Campaign Signs Regulations
• Fair Elections - Mass Mailing (Ordinance No. 4-12-N.S. - Ordinance 11-12 N.S.) - Mass mailing means more than two hundred substantially similar pieces of mail but does not include a form letter or other mail that is sent in response to an unsolicited request, letter, or other inquiry. GC82041 No newsletter or other mass mailing shall be sent at public expense. For further information, contact the Fair Political Practices Commission. GC89001

Qualifications for Office

• Every candidate shall:
  • Be a U.S. citizen. (Cal. Const., art. IV, § 2(c)1)
  • 18 years of age by Election Day
  • Be a registered voter in the district you wish to run for within the City of Richmond, and otherwise qualified to vote for that office, at the time nomination papers are issued to the person. (Elections Code §201)
  • Eligible to take the Oath of Office
  • Not have been convicted of a felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, any bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes. (Elections Code §20)

Nomination Period - BY APPOINTMENT - Email: cityclerkdept@ci.richmond.ca.us

• NOMINATION PERIOD BEGINS MONDAY, JULY 15 THROUGH 5 P.M., AUGUST 9, 2024.  IF AN INCUMBENT DOES NOT FILE, THE DEADLINE IS EXTENDED TO 5 P.M., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2024. (THE DISTRICT 5 NOMINATION PERIOD WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE THE INCUMBENT DID NOT FILE. NO NON-INCUMBENTS FILED BY THE EXTENDED DEADLINE).  
• Districts Seats up for November 5, 2024, Municipal General Election (Districts 1, 5, and 6)
• Incumbents (District 1 - Melvin Willis; District 5 - Gayle McLaughlin; and District 6 - Claudia Jimenez)
• CLERK'S OFFICE HOURS ARE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:30 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

Nomination Guide and Sample Documents

• 2024 Candidate Information Guide
• Nomination Paper - - VALID ONLY WHEN AN ORIGINAL IS ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK OR DEPUTY CITY CLERK
• Candidate Statement of Qualifications - Sample ONLY - VALID ONLY WHEN AN ORIGINAL IS ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK OR DEPUTY CITY CLERK
• Ballot Designation Worksheet - Sample - VALID ONLY WHEN AN ORIGINAL IS ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK OR DEPUTY CITY CLERK
• Declaration of Candidacy - Sample - VALID ONLY WHEN AN ORIGINAL IS ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK OR DEPUTY CITY CLERK

A mandatory filing fee of $336.60 (Council Seat) is due upon filing nomination papers.  An additional fee of $298 - District 1; $368 - District 5; and $352 - District 6 is due if submitting a Candidate Statement for a total fee of $634.60 - District 1; $704.60 - District 5; and $688.60 - District 6.

(MEASURE J - WAS SUCCESSFUL AND DEFEATED MEASURE L - MEASURE J WILL GO INTO EFFECT WITH THE 2026 PRIMARY ELECTION)

MEASURE J - ARGUMENTS ON FILE AS OF 8/21/24    REBUTTALS MUST BE FILED BY 8/26/24

Ballot Initiative - Richmond Election Reform Act - (petition submitted to the County Elections Department on March 20, 2024, for verification of signatures.  15,095 signatures submitted, prima facie, for verification)

• Resolution No. 54-24
• Initiative Text
• Ballot Title and Summary
• Notice of Intent to Circulate Initiative Petition Submitted by Proponent
• Impartial Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Argument in Favor of Measure J     Argument in Favor of Measure J with names 
• Argument Against Measure J           Argument Against Measure J with names
• Rebuttal Argument to Argument in Favor of Measure J - with names
• Rebuttal Argument to Argument Against Measure J - with names

Ballot Initiative - Oil Refining Business License Tax - REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT

• Resolution No. 63-24 - RECINDED
• Resolution No.  97-24 - ADOPTED AUGUST 14, 2024, TO RESCIND AND REMOVE THE MEASURE FROM THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024, BALLOT

MEASURE L - ARGUMENTS ON FILE AS OF 8/21/24    REBUTTALS MUST BE FILED BY 8/26/24

Ballot Initiative - Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) Election Reform Act 

• Resolution No. 96-24 
• Initiative Text
• Impartial Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Argument in Favor of Measure L    Argument in Favor of Measure L with names
• Argument Against Measure L          Argument Against Measure L with names
• Rebuttal Argument to Argument in Favor of Measure L - with names
• Rebuttal Argument to Argument Against Measure L - with names

Arguments in favor/against and Rebuttal Forms

• 2024 Guide to Filing Measure Arguments and Rebuttals - Forms to submit Arguments and Rebuttals
• Signer Signature Statement - MANDATORY
• Release for City Rebuttal Argument
• Argument in Favor of Measure - (FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY: 5 P.M., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024 - 300 WORD LIMIT)
• Argument Against Measure - (FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY: 5 P.M., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024 - 300 WORD LIMIT)
• Rebuttal Argument to Argument in Favor of Measure - (FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY: 5 P.M., MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024 - 250 WORD LIMIT)
• Rebuttal Argument to Argument Against Measure - (FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE BY: 5 P.M., MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2024 - 250 WORD LIMIT)