8A, Resolution Certifying the 2012 Municipal Election Canvass Results

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lt EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: November 13,2012 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Patrick Klaers, City Administrator FROM: Amy Dietl, Deputy Clerk SUBJECT: Resolution Certifying the 2012 Municipal Election Canvass Results Background For your review, City staff has attached a copy of Resolution 2012-041 and an election abstract certifying the 2012 municipal election results from the November 6, 2012, general election. Members of the City Council are required by State Statute to certify the results of the Municipal Election to the Ramsey County Auditor within three (3) to ten (10) days after the general election. Please note that the abstract of votes cast and the write-in tally sheet numbers do not appear to match. The explanation received by Ramsey County is that the names written on the tally sheets are the result of the examination of ballots that were placed in the write-in envelopes by the election judges. Some may have a target marked, but have no name actually written in. The remainder of the ballots were likely not sorted out by the ballot counter and remain with the rest of the ballots in the transfer cases. When the number of write-in votes does not affect the outcome of the race (as is the case here),the election judges are not instructed to look through all the ballots in the transfer cases on election night. The actual number of write-ins is correct, as it comes directly from the result tapes that are run at the end of the evening. Recommendation Motion to approve Resolution 2012-041 Certifying the 2012 Municipal Election Canvass Results Declaring: • David McClung as Arden Hills City Councilmember for a four-year term beginning in January 2013; • And, Brenda Holden as Arden Hills City Councilmember for a four-year term beginning in January 2013.