Chula Vista Elects Deceased Candidate, Faces $2 Million Special Election

Chula Vista Elects Deceased Candidate, Faces $2 Million Special Election
A voter casts his ballot at the San Diego County Registrar of Voters in San Diego on Oct. 5, 2020. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images
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Chula Vista will hold a special election next year after voters elected the late Simon Silva for city attorney, who died from cancer in September, two months before the Nov. 8 election.

The San Diego Registrar of Voters estimated the new in-person and mail-in election would cost $2 million and a mail-in-only election would cost $1.5 million.