The 2008 Alhambra General Municipal Election

With all that's happening in the Presidential primaries, it may have slipped your mind that we are also having an Alhambra General Municipal Election to fill the following City Council and Alhambra Unified School District Board of Education seats:

• Councilperson of the Third District
• Councilperson of the Fourth District                                                     Click here to view the
• Board of Education member of the First District                              2008 Election Calendar
• Board of Education member of the Second District
• Board of Education member of the Third District

In order to become a candidate for any of the above offices, a Declaration of Intention must be obtained from and filed with the Alhambra City Clerk between 8 a.m., Monday, June 16, and 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 24.  If an incumbent Councilperson or Board of Education member eligible for re-election does not file by June 24, the Declaration of Intention filing period for that office is extended for non-incumbents to 5 p.m., Friday, June 30.

To be eligible to run for office in this election candidates must be citizens of the United States and 18 years of age or older.

In addition, a candidate for City Council must be an elector of the City, a registered voter in the Council District that he or she wishes to represent at the time he or she files the required Declaration of Intention.  He or she must also have resided in the Council District from which he or she is nominated for at least thirty (30) days preceding the filing of the Declaration of Intention.

A candidate for the Board of Education must be an elector of the Alhambra Unified School District, a registered voter in the Nominating District that he or she wishes to represent at the time he or she files the required Declaration of Intention, and must have resided in the Nominating District from which he or she is nominated at least one (1) month prior to his or her nomination.

You are invited to contact the City Clerk’s Office, (626) 570-5090, if you are interested in running for any of these offices, or if you have any questions concerning the election process.