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a. Receive the Certified Statement of Votes cast and declare the results of the November 4, 2014 General Election as set forth in the attached documents;
b. Declare "elected" the candidates to each office under the Board's jurisdiction;
c. Appoint in lieu of election the candidates to their respective offices that have insufficient nominees to cause an election as set forth in the attached document; and
d. Declare "elected/re-elected" the candidates nominated to the office of Superior Court Judge in accordance with California Elections Code Section 8203 as set forth in the attached document.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive the Certified Statement of Votes cast and declare the results of the November 4, 2014 General Election as set forth in the attached documents;
b. Declare "elected" the candidates to each office under the Board's jurisdiction;
c. Appoint in lieu of election the candidates to their respective offices that have insufficient nominees to cause an election as set forth in the attached document; and
d. Declare "elected/re-elected" the candidates nominated to the office of Superior Court Judge in accordance with California Elections Code Section 8203 as set forth in the attached document.
SUMMARY:
The Elections Department requests the Board of Supervisors receive the Statement of Votes cast at the November 4, 2014 General Election within Monterey County, as certified by the Registrar of Voters. In addition, Elections requests that the Board declare "elected" the candidates to their respective offices who received the highest number of votes on November 4, 2014, for which the Board of Supervisors has jurisdiction; appoint candidates to offices which have an insufficient number of nominees to cause an election; and declare "elected/re-elected" the candidates nominated to the office of Superior Court Judge in accordance with California Elections Code Section 8203.
DISCUSSION:
In accordance with Elections Code Section 15372, and in furtherance of the action taken by your Board on June 12, 2014, regarding the Primary Election results, the Registrar of Voters is submitting the certified Statement of Votes to your Board. Pursuant to Elections Code Section 15374, the Statement of Votes shows:
· the total number of ballots cast;
· the number of votes cast at each precinct for each candidate and for and against each measure;
· the total number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each measure; and
· the total number of votes cast in each city, Assembly district, congressional district, senatorial district, State Board of Equalization District and supervisorial district located in whole or in part in the county, for each office and proposition voted on within the state.
This Statement of Votes also reports vote by mail results by each voting precinct.
The Elections Department will also file a certified Statement of Votes with the California Secretary of State who shall compile the statements of all 58 counties and certify the statewide results and each local jurisdiction with candidates and/or ballot measures on the ballot.
Official Canvass of the Vote. The official canvass was completed and the election certified on November 21, 2014. The official canvass consisted of several steps, including an inspection of all materials and supplies returned from each polling place, processing and counting vote by mail, and provisional ballots returned from each precinct, a reconciliation of signatures in rosters with votes recorded, a reconciliation of vote by mail ballots counted with the number of votes recorded, and a manual tally of the ballots tabulated by the voting systems at 1 percent of the precincts. The 2007 conditional re-approval of voting systems also requires a 100% manual tally of all votes cast on any touch-screen voting machine.
Pursuant to Elections Code Sections 8140 and 15400, et seq., the Registrar of Voters recommends that the Board of Supervisors declare nominated or elected to each office under their jurisdiction the candidates who received the highest number of votes on November 4, 2014. Likewise, it is recommended the Board declare the results of each measure voted on. The successful candidates and measures are indicated in bold in the attached November 4, 2014 Final Official Report.
Pursuant to Elections Code Section 8141, if no candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office pursuant to Section 8140, by receiving a majority of the votes cast, then the candidates for that office at the ensuing election shall be those candidates who received the next highest number of votes cast.
The Registrar of Voters recommends that the Board of Supervisors appoint in lieu of election the candidates to their respective offices that have insufficient nominees to cause an election in accordance with Elections Code Section 10515, as set forth in the attached Appointed Offices document.
The Registrar of Voters also recommends that the Board of Supervisors declare "elected/reelected" the incumbent and non-incumbent candidates nominated to the office of Superior Court Judge in accordance with California Elections Code Section 8203, as set forth in the attached Elected/Re-Elected Superior Court Judges statement.
Copies of the November 4, 2014 Final Official Report, Elected/Re-Elected Superior Court Judges, Appointed Offices and formal Statement of the Vote are on file with the Clerk of the Board.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the recommendation.
FINANCING:
There will be no additional cost to the County General Fund associated with this recommendation.
Approved by: Claudio Valenzuela, Registrar of Voters, 1499
Attachments:
November 4, 2014 Final Official Report (successful candidates/matters in bold)
Elected Re-Elected Superior Court Judges
Appointed Offices
Statement of Votes Cast - On file with the Clerk of the Board