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Item # D.

Town Council Regular Session

Meeting Date:	09/21/2016
Requested by:	Mike Standish	Submitted By:	Mike Standish, Town Clerk's Office
Department:	Town Clerk's Office

Information

SUBJECT:

Resolution No. (R)16-44, declaring and adopting the results of the Oro Valley Primary Election held on August 30, 2016

RECOMMENDATION:

The attached resolution declares and adopts the results of the Primary Election held on August 30, 2016. The Election Summary Report, Votes by Precinct reports and the Statement of Votes Cast are also attached.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

The Primary Election was held on August 30, 2016, to fill three Council seats. The final Election Summary reported the following votes cast:

Oro Valley Councilmembers (3 seats open)

     Pina, Rhonda                    6,890
     Solomon, Steve                6,816
     Rodman, Bill                     6,204
     Garner, Bill                       5,034
     Zinkin, Michael                 4,865
     Burns, Brendan M.           4,610

The number of votes required at the Primary Election to be declared elected was calculated by adding all of the votes cast for all candidates for the office, dividing by the number of seats to be filled and then dividing the result of the calculation by two and rounding to the highest whole number. In order to be declared elected as a Councilmember, candidates needed to receive 5,737 votes.

Rhonda Pina, Bill Rodman and Steve Solomon, each having received more than the number of votes required, have been declared elected as Councilmembers. The three new Council-elects will be sworn in and seated at the November 16, 2016 regular Town Council meeting. Their terms of office shall commence on November 16, 2016 to November 3, 2020.

On Election Day, there were 28,949 registered Oro Valley voters and 12,975 of them cast ballots for a voter turnout of 44.8%. This was 10.16% higher than the countywide turnout of 34.64% and 2.4% higher than the 42.4% turnout for the 2014 Oro Valley Primary Election.

BACKGROUND OR DETAILED INFORMATION:

Pursuant to ARS §16-204, for cities or towns with a population that is less than 175,000, primaries are held on the tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. General elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

ARS § 16-408(D) permits the governing body to enter into an agreement with the County Board of Supervisors and Recorder for election services. The Pima County Recorder provided election services to the Town and the Primary Election was conducted as a polling place election.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The total cost of the Primary Election is unknown at this time. A total expenditure of $75,000 is in the Fiscal Year 2016/17 Election Services category of the Town Clerk's Budget. The Town will receive an invoice outlining the expenditures for the Town's Primary Election from the Pima County Recorder and the Elections Department.

SUGGESTED MOTION:

I MOVE to adopt Resolution No. (R)16-44, declaring and adopting the results of the Oro Valley Primary Election held on August 30, 2016.

Attachments
(R)16-44 Canvass of the vote Primary 16
August 30, 2016 Primary Election Canvass