RSF Association Elections

Every year, kicking off in May with an all candidates forum, the RSFA elects new Board directors. The RSFA maintains a seven member staggered term Board (meaning that during any normal election, 1 to 3 Board members are elected). A normal Board term is three years long, although Board members are allowed to run concurrently for re-election.

Each Member is given two ballots or votes, the theory being that a husband and wife can choose to vote for different candidates, but single person households also get the two votes. A Member is only afforded two votes regardless of how many properties they own and pay assessments on.

Under California law ballots must be mailed to Members, no electronic voting is allowed. Ballots are mailed mid May and the voting deadline is mid June. Like most HOAs, RSFA hires an independent election monitor to run the election, adjudicate irregularities and count the ballots.

There are about 1,750 voting households in RSFA, meaning the maximum vote count is about 3,500. As you can see in this chart, RFSA averages about 37% voter turnout.