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Government Code ("Section 53326") and pursuant to the applicable provisions of law regulating elections of the City, insofar as they may be applicable, and pursuant to Section 53326 the ballots for the election shall be distributed to the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District by mail with return postage prepaid and the election shall be conducted as a mail ballot election. (b) If at the time of the close of the protest hearing, and for at least the preceding 90 days, less than 12 persons have been registered to vote within the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District, and pursuant to Section 53326, the vote is therefore to be by the landowners of that territory, with each landowner of record at the close of the protest hearing having one vote for each acre or portion of an acre of land that he or she owns, the election shall be conducted by the City Clerk as follows: (1) The election shall be held on the earliest date following the conclusion of the protest hearing upon which it can be held pursuant to Section 53326 which may be selected by the City Council, or such earlier date as the owners of land within the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District and the City Clerk agree and concur is acceptable. (2) Pursuant to Section 53326, the election may be held earlier than 90 days following the close of the protest hearing if the qualified electors of the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District waive the time limits for conducting the election set forth in Section 53326 by unanimous written consent and the City Clerk concurs in such earlier election date as shall be consented to by the qualified electors. (3) Pursuant to Section 53326, ballots for the election shall be distributed to the qualified electors by the City Clerk by mail with return postage prepaid or by personal service. (4) Pursuant to applicable provisions of law regulating elections of the City which govern the conduct of mail ballot elections, and Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000) of the California Elections Code with respect to elections conducted by mail, the City Clerk shall mail or deliver to each qualified elector an official ballot in a form specified by the City Council in the resolution calling the election, and shall also mail or deliver to all such qualified electors a ballot pamphlet and instructions to voter, including a sample ballot identical in form to the official ballot but identified as a sample ballot, a statement pursuant to Section 9401 of the said Code, an impartial analysis by the City Attorney pursuant to Section 9280 of the said Code with respect to the ballot proposition contained in the official ballot, ballot arguments and rebuttals, if any, pursuant to Sections 9281 to 9287, inclusive, of said Code, a return identification envelope with prepaid postage thereon addressed to the City Clerk for the return of voted official ballots, and a copy of this resolution; provided, however, that such statement, analysis and arguments may be waived with the unanimous consent of all the landowners of the territory proposed to be annexed to the Community Facilities District and shall be so stated in the resolution adopted by the City Council calling the election. 0