Lompoc city officials explain the reasoning behind moving special election to September and last updated 2021-07-08 01:42:35-04 The City of Lompoc has decided to change the date of its special election on cannabis taxes. Lompoc's special municipal election for a cannabis tax ballot measure will be consolidated with the statewide gubernatorial recall election. The city special election was previously scheduled for August 31. Now, it's aligned with the recall to take place on September 14 of this year. "By doing it on August 31st you could only vote by mail. Now, it'll just be like every other election so you have the mailing opportunity or you can go to a polling place so we can do better outreach," explained Lompoc City Manager Jim Throop.