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CONSENT ITEM – 5G <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br />DATE: November 10, 2014 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Amy Dietl, City Clerk <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Certifying the 2014 Municipal Election Canvass Results <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />For your review, City staff has attached a copy of Resolution 2014-058 and an election <br />abstract certifying the 2014 municipal election results from the November 4, 2014, <br />general election. <br /> <br />Members of the City Council are required by State Statute to certify the results of the <br />Municipal Election to the Ramsey County Auditor within three (3) to ten (10) days after <br />the general election. <br /> <br />Please note that the abstract of votes cast and the write-in tally sheet numbers do not <br />appear to match. The explanation received by Ramsey County is that the names written <br />on the tally sheets are the result of the examination of ballots that were placed in the <br />write-in envelopes by the election judges. Some may have a target marked, but have no <br />name actually written in. The remainder of the ballots were likely not sorted out by the <br />ballot counter and remain with the rest of the ballots in the transfer cases. When the <br />number of write-in votes does not affect the outcome of the race (as is the case here), the <br />election judges are not instructed to look through all the ballots in the transfer cases on <br />election night. The actual number of write-ins is correct, as it comes directly from the <br />result tapes that are run at the end of the evening. <br /> <br />Recommendation <br /> <br />Motion to approve Resolution 2014-058 Certifying the 2014 Municipal Election Canvass <br />Results Declaring: <br /> <br /> David Grant as Arden Hills Mayor for a four-year term beginning in January <br />2015;