NOTICE OF ELECTION

AND

NOTICE TO SUBMIT ARGUMENTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held in Alpine County on June 2, 2026, and that the following measure will be submitted to the voters:

Measure H

Shall the office of County Superintendent of Schools of Alpine County be filled by appointment by the County Board of Education, rather than by election by the voters of the county, pursuant to California Constitution, Article IX, Section 3?

___ YES

___ NO

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that any written arguments for or against the measure (s) to be submitted to the voters must be filed with the office of the County Clerk/Elections Official, PO Box 158, 99 Water Street, Markleeville CA 96120, no later than 5 p.m. on March 22, 2026. Arguments must be accompanied by a Signature Statement, available from the Elections Official, signed and dated by the author(s). Arguments shall not exceed 300 words.

NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that if an argument in favor of and an argument against the measure(s) are submitted, copies will be mailed to the respective authors in order that they may submit a rebuttal argument. Rebuttal arguments must be accompanied by a Signature Statement, signed and dated by the author(s). The deadline for filing a rebuttal argument will be April 1, 2026. Rebuttal arguments shall not exceed 250 words.

A guide to writing arguments, rebuttals and analyses for local measures is available from the Elections Official.

Elections Code section 9503

(a)If more than one argument for or more than one argument against any school measure is submitted to the person conducting the election within the time prescribed, the person conducting the election shall select one of the arguments in favor and one of the arguments against the measure for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the arguments, the person conducting the election shall give preference and priority, in the order named, to the arguments of the following:

(1)The governing board of the district or a member or members of the board.

(2)The individual voter, or bona fide associations of citizens, or combination of voters and associations, who are the bona fide sponsors or proponents of the measure.

(3)Bona fide associations of citizens.

(4)Individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measure.

(b)In order to enable the person conducting the election to determine whether it qualifies as a bona fide association of citizens, an organization or association submitting an argument for or against a school measure shall submit with its argument a copy of one of the following:

(1)Its articles of incorporation, articles of association, partnership documents, bylaws, or similar documents.

(2)Letterhead containing the name of the organization and its principal officers.

(3)If the organization or association is a primarily formed committee established to support or oppose the measure, its statement of organization filed pursuant to Section 84101 of the Government Code.

(c)In selecting an argument from among bona fide associations of citizens, the person conducting the election shall not consider the type of documentation submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) or the form of the association.

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Teola L Tremayne

County Clerk/Elections Official