Two Susanville City Council seats up for election on the June ballot

The city of Susanville announced two city council seats will be up for election for four-year terms Tuesday, June 2.

The terms of Mayor Mendy Schuster and Councilmember Russ Brown expire in June. Schuster and Brown may seek re-election.

According to a statement by the city, the nomination period for these offices begins Feb. 9 and ends at 5 p.m. March 6.

According to the city, “If the nomination papers for an incumbent officer of the city are not filed by March 6, 2026, the voters shall have until the 83rd day before the election, March 11, 2026, to nominate candidates other than the person(s) who are the incumbents on the 88h day before the election, for that incumbent’s elective office.”

“If no one or only one person is nominated for an elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by section 10229, Elections Code of the State of California.”

According to section 10229 if “no one or only one person has been nominated for any elective office to be filled at that election, and the election is subject to Section 36512 of the Government Code, the city elections official shall submit a certificate of these facts to the governing body of the city and inform the governing body of the city that it may, at a regular or special meeting held before the municipal election, adopt one of the following courses of action:

“(1) Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated.

“(2) Appoint to the office an eligible elector if no one has been nominated.

“(3) Hold the election, if either no one or only one person has been nominated. The city elections official shall publish a notice of the facts described in this section and the courses of action available under this subdivision.”