Reminder: 2024 Governing Board Member Elections for School Districts

**** Please read email below from the County of Santa Barbara Elections Division***********
Good Afternoon District Secretary,
This email serves as a reminder of the upcoming consolidation deadline for School and Special Districts for the November 5, 2024, Presidential General Election. The District Request for Consolidated Election Services Form, District Consolidated Election Services Packet, Current District Boundary Map and Copy of the District’s Order of Election must be filed with the County of Santa Barbara Elections Division by Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Please email the completed paperwork to the County of Elections Division at candidatefiling@countyofsb.org<mailto:candidatefiling@countyofsb.org>.
Please reply to confirm that your district has received this email.
CANDIDATE FILING UPDATE: An initial draft of the School and Special District’s Candidate Filing Guide has been posted to the Election Division website, found here: www.countyofsb.org/793/Candidate-Filing. The final draft of the guide will be posted following Wednesday, July 3, 2024, and prior to the opening of candidate filing on Monday, July 15, 2024.
Sincerely,
Candidate and Voter Services Clerk-Recorder, Assessor, and Registrar of Voters County of Santa Barbara T 805-696-8957|E candidatefiling@countyofsb.org<mailto:candidatefiling@countyofsb.org>|W www.SBCVOTE.com<www.sbcvote.com/>

Original email from SBCEO below:
Action Item for your Upcoming Board Meeting…
Dear Superintendents, Presidents, and School Business Officials,
It is a General Election Year! Our webpage, Elections for School Districts, (located under Governance on the School Business Advisory Services website) has a wealth of information and all the form documents you will need to prepare for the upcoming election. The link to the webpage is below:
SBAS Elections Website Page – Elections for School Districts<sbasweb.sbceo.org/governance/elections-for-school-districts> <--click here. Districts will find the following Governing Board Member General Election information needed for this upcoming election: * General Election Calendar * Notification to 'consolidate' Governing Board Member Elections * Governing Board members Terms Expiring in December 2024 * Order of Elections Fillable Form (needs to be prepared and adopted by your board by June 28) <-- Action Item Feel free to share this information with your assistant or others at your organization that may need this information. Thank you for your assistance in preparing the documents needed. If you have any questions, please contact me at (805) 964-4711 ext. 5700 or Amada Dulay (805) 964-4711 ext. 5201. We are here to help you through this process. Sincerely, Steve Torres Associate Superintendent, Administrative Services Santa Barbara County Education Office (805)964-4711 ext.5700 (805)699-0649 cell