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RESOLUTION NO. 925
A RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE CITY OF
SARATOGA FOR THE PURPOSE OF FILLING A VACANT UNEXPIRED
TERM FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH APRIL 1982, THE MANNER
OF HOLDING THE SAME, PROVIDING FOR NOTICE THEREOF, AND
CONSOLIDATING SAID SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH THE
CITY OF SARATOGA REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
ON APRIL 8, 1980
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, as
follows:
SECTION 1: A special municipal election shall be and is hereby
ordered and will be held in the City of Saratoga
(hereinafter called "the City") on Tuesday, April 8,
1980, at which election shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the City the question of filling
the vacant unexpired term for City Council through
April 1982, to wit:
SECTION 2: The City Council does hereby submit to the qualified
electors of the City at said special municipal election
said City Council vacancy set forth in Section 1 of
this resolution, and designates and refers to said
vacancy in the form of ballot hereinafter prescribed
for use at said election.
(a) Said special municipal election shall be held and
and conducted, and the votes thereof canvassed, and the
returns thereof made, and the result thereof ascertained
and determined, as herein provided; and in all particulars
not prescribed by this resolution, said election shall be
held as provided by law for the holding of municipal
elections in the City.
(b) All persons qualified to vote at municipal elections
in the City upon the date of the election herein pro-
vided for shall be qualified to vote upon the measure
submitted at said special municipal election.
(c) The polls at the polling places hereinafter desig-
nated shall be opened at 7:00 o'clock A.M. of said day
of election and shall be kept open continuously there-
after until 8:00 o'clock P.M. of said day of election,
when the polls shall be closed (except as provided in
Section 14436 of the Elections Code), and the election
officers shall thereupon proceed to canvass the ballots
cast thereat.
(d) Said special municipal election hereby called shall
be and is hereby consolidated with the City of Saratoga
Municipal Election to be held in the City on April 8,
1980, all as required by and pursuant to law; and the
election precincts, polling places and officers of
election within the City for said special municipal
election hereby called shall be the same as those selected
and designated for said Regular Municipal Election and
set forth in the notice of election officers and polling
places for said Municipal Election published or to be
published by the County Clerk of said County, as required
by law, to which notice reference is hereby specifically
made for a designation of the precincts, polling places,
and election officers of the Special Municipal Election
hereby called. Only qualified voters of the City shall
be permitted to vote at said Special Municipal Election.
The Registrar of Voters of said County is authorized to
canvass the returns of said Special Municipal Election
with respect to the votes cast in the City and to certify
the results to the Council.
(e) On ~he ballots to be used at said Regular Municipal
Election and said Special Municipal Election hereby con-
solidated herewith, in addition to all other matters
required by law to be printed thereon, shall appear the
names of persons running for the vacant unexpired term
set forth in Section I hereof. To vote for said candi-
dates, each voter shall stamp a mark (.) in the blank
space opposite the one candidate of their choice on the
ballot to the right of said name. On absent voter
ballots the cross (+) may be marked with pen or pencil,
except that if and to the extent that Votronic ballots
are provided for absent voters, each voter shall stamp
a mark (.) in the blank space opposite the candidate's
name on the ballot to the right of said measure. Absent
voter ballots setting forth said measure shall be issued
to qualified electors residing within the City entitled
thereto, in the manner provided by law, and such absent
voter ballots shall likewise be canvassed by the
Registrar of Voters of Santa Clara County.
(f) At the next regular meeting of the Council occurring
after the returns of said Special Municipal Election
have been canvassed by the Registrar of Voters of said
County, and the certification of the results thereof
to the Council, or at a special meeting called thereafter
for such purpose, the Council shall cause to be spread
upon its minutes a statement of the results of said
Special Municipal Election as ascertained by said
canvass.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk of the City is hereby directed, upon the
passage and adoption of this resolution, to publish the
same once a week for two (2) successive weeks in the
Saratoga News, and such publication shall constitute
notice of said election, No other notice of the election
hereby called need be given.
PASSED AND ADOPTED December 5, 1979, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmen Kraus, Corr & Callan
NOES:
None
ABSENT
Councilman Matteoni
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