Fullerton elects a five-member City Council by district to four-year terms, with the City Clerk coordinating city elections with Orange County. Jurisdiction: City of Fullerton, Orange County. City Council: Five members, by district, four-year terms. Mayor: Selected annually by the Council. Ballot: Orange County Registrar of Voters. The City of Fullerton, in Orange County, has a council-manager government. Its five City Council members are elected by district to four-year terms, and each year the Council selects one member as Mayor and one as Mayor Pro Tem. The City Clerk is the local elections official and coordinates with the County of Orange to conduct municipal elections. District elections. Fullerton consolidates its general municipal elections with the statewide general election in November of even-numbered years. Because council members are elected by district, only voters in a given district vote for that seat. On November 3, 2026, voters in Districts 3 and 5 elected their council members. The City Clerk's elections page links a Locate Your District tool and the City's redistricting information. Use it to confirm the district for every address before planning a mail or walk universe. Filing with the City Clerk. The City Clerk prepares the election resolutions, coordinates the candidate nomination process and declares results. For 2026, the filing period for nomination papers and candidate statements was July 13 to August 7, extended to August 12 if an incumbent did not file; that period has closed. Contact the City Clerk's office for the calendar of any later election. County, school and district contests. The Orange County Registrar of Voters runs the ballot and answers most voting questions. School and special-district offices are filed through the County and follow their own boundaries, which are not the same as Fullerton's council districts. Before you brief us on a Fullerton project. Name the council district number and check the addresses you want to reach with the City's district lookup. Bring the candidate statement and ballot designation you filed so printed pieces match. Tell us if you also need materials for a school or district race, which uses different boundaries. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Fullerton campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. Is the Fullerton mayor directly elected? No. Each year the City Council selects one of its members to serve as Mayor and one as Mayor Pro Tem. Do all Fullerton voters vote for every council seat? No. Council members are elected by district, so only voters in that district vote for the seat. Who runs the ballot in Fullerton? The Orange County Registrar of Voters, in coordination with the City Clerk for city contests.