The Record’s online poll from April 5-19 asked readers whether they think moving municipal elections to November in odd-numbered years would be beneficial.
At its last meeting, the San Marcos City Council held a discussion on potential changes to the city charter — notably, changing municipal elections to November in odd-numbered years.
Mayor Jane Hughson said moving the local elections away from the statewide and national elections would give voters a chance to learn more about each candidate. But in order for local elections to be held in odd-numbered years, the mayor’s term would have to be extended from two years to three in a one-time occurrence to make the transition and council member terms would have to change from their current three-year length to either two years or four years.
