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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) -- After implicit 100 years, the City of Clovis is changing to territory maps for elected officials, and residents volition person an accidental to signifier the aboriginal of elections and elected enactment successful Clovis.
The City Council of Clovis is presently elected nether an at-large predetermination system, wherever Council members are elected by the full city's voters.
The metropolis says connected August 26, 2024, the City of Clovis received a request missive from the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project alleging that the City of Clovis is successful usurpation of the CVRA and indispensable person to by-district elections.
According to the metropolis based connected this menace of litigation, the City Council, by virtuousness of passing Resolution No.24-110 connected October 7, 2024, commenced the modulation from at-large to by-district elections to mitigate costs associated with imaginable ineligible challenges nether the CVRA.
On November 18, 2024, the City Council held the archetypal of 5 nationalist hearings to stitchery input connected the creation of imaginable predetermination districts successful accordance with Elections Code conception 10010.
The 2nd of these hearings volition beryllium held connected Monday, December 16, 2024, astatine 6:00 PM successful the Clovis City Council Chambers, and the nationalist is encouraged to attend.
The metropolis volition besides beryllium holding a assemblage store connected Thursday, January 9, 2025, astatine 6:00 PM astatine the Clovis Transit Center (785 Third Street).
The 3 remaining hearings volition beryllium held betwixt January and aboriginal March. In addition, the metropolis has created a new territory elections modulation webpage which is regularly updated with applicable information, documents, and the implicit gathering schedule.
