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The City Clerk’s office did not immediately respond when asked if a recall petition had been filed, or if a signature gathering effort had been initiated.

Galt City Clerk Tina Huber told CBS News that deciding the outcome of a tied race by drawing straws would be much cheaper than holding a special election at a cost of at least $100,000.

Torres submitted a resignation letter to the San Jose city clerk’s office hours before his arrest Tuesday.

For the first seven commissioners, the city clerk would conduct a random drawing at a public meeting to select one person among the applicants residing in each of the seven Board of Education districts.

Instead, the city clerk would randomly draw the names of eight applicants, each from a different section of the city.