Some residents may see a change in voting wards as the city’s four wards saw a reshuffling. The new boundaries come in preparation for the Nov. 8 general election, which will include the mayor and three City Council positions.

The City Council has unanimously voted to enact new boundaries based on 2020 population numbers for an equitable distribution of residents in each ward. The realignment is the first since 2011, at the time of the last census estimate.

Portland State University provided work equalizing the wards, Mayor Jay Barber said at a City Council meeting in late June.

“What happens over time is people move around and new people move in and people move out and the wards will gradually change as far as the numbers of voters that are in those different wards,” Barber said.

• Ward 1, with 1,783 residents, begins at the city’s south end and covers much of the western part of the city south of Avenue F.

• Ward 2, with 1,786 people, covers from Avenue G and north.

• Ward 3, with a population of 1,796, covers the area west of U.S. Highway 101 and area east of Highway 101.

• Ward 4, with 1,789 residents, is mostly east of Wahanna Road.

The city has 7,184 residents overall.

City Councilor Steve Wright serves Ward 1, or Seaside south. Tita Montero is the Ward 2 councilor and Tom Horning represents Ward 3. Ward 4 is represented by David Posalski. The city has two at-large positions, Randy Frank in wards 1 and 2, and Dana Phillips, in wards 3 and 4.

Wright, Montero and Phillips are up for reelection in November, as is Barber. The mayor is the only position decided by voters in all wards. A councilor or mayor must be a Seaside resident and have lived in Seaside for at least one year. To qualify for councilor office, a candidate must reside in the ward or wards which the council position represents, and continue to reside there during their term of office.

Those seeking to run must first file a letter of interest with City Clerk Kimberley Jordan. After that is approved, candidates gather must gather 20 valid signatures of registered voters within the city.

Candidate filing dates run from July through Aug. 30.