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Staff Report
City Hall
1315 Valley Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
File #:REPORT 15-0271
Honorable Mayor and Members of the Hermosa Beach City Council
Regular Meeting of March 24, 2015
CERTIFIED RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF VOTES FOR THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION OF MARCH 3, 2015
(City Clerk Elaine Doerfling)
Recommended Action:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the resolution (to be presented at the meeting)
declaring the results of the Special Municipal Election of March 3, 2015, as certified by the City Clerk
upon completion of the official canvass of votes.
Background:
The Special Municipal Election of March 3, 2015, was conducted to allow the voters to decide on
Measure O, the E&B oil project proposed at the site of the City’s maintenance yard. The vote count
that took place Election Night included 1,477 (verified/processed) vote-by-mail (VBM) ballots that had
been delivered to my office, and 3,371 ballots cast at the polling places. The total vote count was
4,818, with 1,016 in favor and 3,799 opposed.
The above count does not include 1,500+ VBM ballots that had been submitted to my office but not
verified/processed in time for the Election Night count. Verification is nearing completion for those
VBM ballots, along with the additional VBM ballots received in my office before the deadline, as well
as those turned in at the polling places. Review/verification of the provisional ballots is underway,
along with continued review of the documents and voter information submitted by the precinct
boards.
At the time of this writing, I anticipate finalizing all reviews/verifications by Monday, at which time my
board will hand-count the votes of one of our five precincts (as required by law), and process (open
envelopes, remove ballots for counting) all of the VBM and provisional ballots, with the counting done
later in the day or early Tuesday, in time to present the results at the March 24 regular meeting.
The Election Code provides up to 24 days after the election for the City Clerk to conduct the manual
precinct tally, canvass all of the returns, and certify the election results for adoption by the City
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File #:REPORT 15-0271
Council at its regular meeting or, if necessary, at an adjourned or special meeting no later than
Friday, March 27. If an issue unavoidably delays the City Clerk’s certification of election results, the
Council would need to adjourn the March 24 meeting to a specific date and time (before the deadline)
to adopt the resolution.
Submitted by: Elaine Doerfling, City Clerk
Concur: Tom Bakaly, City Manager
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