It’s election season in Seal Beach, again.

No candidate for City Council in District 3 or District 5 secured a majority of voters — meaning they did not get at least 50% plus one — in the November elections. Therefore, runoff elections are underway.

In District 3, it’s a contest between Lisa Landau, an accounting manager and longtime volunteer in the community, and Stephanie Wade, a veterans policy advisor and environmental activist.

In District 5, Mariann Klinger, a Seal Beach planning commissioner, and Nathan Steele, who owns an advertising agency specializing in Christian programming, are facing off.

Active registered voters in those districts will soon receive a new ballot and voter information guide in the mail courtesy of the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Ballots will go out beginning Jan. 3.

These ballots must be returned by mail — postmarked by Jan. 31 and received from the U.S. Postal Service by Feb. 3 — or they can be dropped off at one of the following locations:

— City Clerk’s office (211 Eighth St.) open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 31.

— Mary Wilson Branch Library (707 Electric Ave.) drop box available 24/7.

— Registrar of Voters office (1300 S. Grand Ave., Building C in Santa Ana) open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Jan. 31.

— Registrar of Voters’ drop box in front of the office available 24/7.

No voter centers for in-person voting will be operated. And voters who choose to mail their ballots should know postage is not required.

In the District 1 election this year, incumbent Councilmember Joe Kalmick solidly beat his two opponents in his reelection bid — therefore, a runoff election was not required.

Whoever wins the two runoff races will be part of a five-member council that’s set to discuss some important issues, including where to allow the development of new housing, which the state is mandating, and whether to continue allowing restaurants on Main Street to take over some parking spots for outdoor dining.

The council is expected to also tackle some perennial topics in this small beach community. They include whether to further repair or replace, or even move, the pool at McGaugh Elementary; and what to build — if anything — on the end of the Seal Beach municipal pier.

Landau has said she is focused on increasing the number of police officers visibly patrolling the town, as well as tightening Seal Beach’s budget. She also said she wants the city to collaborate with Long Beach and other northern communities to reduce pollution in the San Gabriel River.

Wade — who would make history with her election as the first openly transgender person elected to any office in Orange County, according to Equity California — has pinpointed climate change as a top issue facing the Seal Beach community. She said she wants the city to improve its infrastructure, including its sewer systems, in preparation for rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms.

Klinger has said she believes Seal Beach needs to find new sources of revenue. And she wants to see if there are additional federal infrastructure funds that could be used to address aging roads and future infrastructure needs.

For Steele, his role as a City Council member would be to “keep those big city problems” — such as rising crime, inflation and homelessness — out of Seal Beach, he has said. He wants to review the city’s budget to ensure money set aside for future projects is sufficient.

Staff writer Roxana Kopetman contributed to this report.