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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959 Ordinance No. 025BY AUTHOR I TY ORDINANCE NO. 25, SERIES OF 1959 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULAT IONS IN RESPECT TO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF SAID CITY; AS TO THE TERMS OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION; DEFIN- ING THE CANVASSING BOARD; AUTHOR I Z ING THE ESTABL ISHING OF REGISTRATION PLACES; AUTHORIZING THE HANDL ING OF ABSENTEE BALLars BY JUDGES OF ONE PRINCINCT; SPECIFYING PUBLICATION IN THE <FFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION OF NEWLY ANNEXED TERR I TORIES WITH IN ADJOINING DISTRICTS AND PRE- CINCTS; SETTING THE PAY FOR ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES :AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFL ICT HEREWITH. HEREAS, Article II of the Char ter o f the City of Englewood, Colo- rado, provides that the Council may adopt by ordinance, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Charter or the State Constitution, as may be recommended by the Election Commissi on; and, HEREAS, the Election Commission, by memorandum dated July 10, 1959, addressed to the Council, has made certain recommendations which have been considered by the Council; and, HEREAS, the Council fi nds , declares and determines that rules and regulations should be adopted in con firmit y with such recommendations: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLEWOOD, COLORADO: Section l. The Election Commission shall consist of the City Clerk, who shall be a mem ber ex-officio and Chairman of the Commission, and two qualified electors of the City. The term of one of the qualified elector bers of the Commission, heretofore appointed by the Council, as specified in such appointment, shall expire on February 1, 1 9 60; and the term of the other qualified elector memb er of the Commiaston, heretofore appointed ·by the Council, as specified in such appointment , shall expire on February 1, 1962, In January, 1960 and January, 1962, there shall be appointed successors to the qualified elector uembe rs for tern~ of fou r years to end February 1, 1964, and February 1, 1966, respectively. Thereafter, appointments of ualified elector members shall be made by the Council in Januar y of the year in which the appointment expires Ior a four-year term to expire on February first four years hence. Section 2. The returns of all 111unicipal elections in the City o f ng1ewood sha1l be ~1 ade to the City Clerk. He sh all be assisted in the canvassing of returns by the other 111embers of the Election Commission. On the tnird day after a municipal election , the C i ty Clerl~ shall open the returns in the presence or the other 111e111be rs of the Election Commission and ntake out abstracts of votes on a separate sheet f or each office. In the event any of the me~b ers of the Commission shall be unable to attend, the returns may be opened and canvassed by any two of the mem bers of the Com- mission in the office of the City Clerk. In the event the City Clerk shall ce disqualified or be unable to act, the Deputy City Clerk may lawfully ct for hi111 and discharge his duties hereunde r. The Election Commission shall proceed with the canvassing pursuant to the pro vi sions of the City Charter and the Colo rado Municipal Election Laws . In addition to the registration conducted at the City Clerk's office in the City Hall, the Election Commi ssion may provide such other re gist ration facilities as it may deem advi sable, at such other place or places as it uLay deem convenient, and to be open for such period or eriods of time as it may dec111 advisable. The Election Commis sd.on shall ive reasonable notice of the location or locations o f such registration places and the times the same shall be open as it may deem advisable by publication, or otherwise. Section 4. Prior to each nrunicipal election, the Election Com- mission shall designate the election judges of one precinct within the City to count all the absentee ballots cast at such election. The Colorado unicipal Election Laws in effect at the time o f any such election shall govern the method to be followed as to casting, counting, challenging, objecting, recording and the taking of oaths as to absentee ballots and all other procedure applicable thereto, not specifically set forth herein or in the Charter of the Clty of Englewood. The caslin~ oi the ballots may be upon the face of the voting macuine in the same manner as if the absentee voter were present by one of the judges with the assistance and verification of another judge. Sec~ion 5. Whenever publication shall be required by the Charter, the Colorado Statutes, or Ordinances ~n connection with municipal elections or procedure relative thereto, such publication shall be made in the news- paper aesignated by the City Council for the p ublication of other legal notices of the City. I I I Section 6. In the event of annexation of territories to the City of Englewood within ninety (90) days prior to an election, residents of such newly annexed territory shall be included within tbe adjacent Council District for the purpose of voting at such election and until sucb time as the City may be redistricted. In the event such newly annexed territory shall adjoin more than one Council District, such newly annexed territory shall become part of each of the districts which it adjoins on auch basis as will reasonably conform to the prior division of such districts by the extension of the boundaries of such existing districts into the newly annexed lands wherever possible. Section 7. Judges of the municipal elections in the City of v Englewood shall each receive $15.00 a day compensation for their services as .-' such judges. The judges of elections shall select one of their number to f· ~ deliver the election returns in accordance with the law, and that judge shall be paid for the performance of such service an additional sum of $2.00. ~~\ \<X.\ Section 8. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Passed on First Reading by the City Council of the City of Engle- wood, Colorado, this 3rd day of August, A.D. 1 959 , and ordered published in full in the Englewood Herald and Enterprise. Passed on Final Reading by the City Council of the City of Engle- wood, Colorado, this 17th day of August, A.D. 1959 , and ordered published in full in the Englewood He rald and Enterprise . :LE Sf -Ma}'or----r ATTEST: ~ --~ ,. I, B. O. Beausang, City Clerk-Treasurer, City of Englewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and fore- going ordinance was introduced, read, passed and ordered published as a blll in the Englewood Herald and Enterprise at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 3rd day of August, A. D. 195Y, and that at least 7 days after above publication as a bill, the above ordinance was approved, adopted and ordered published in said legal newspaper by the City Council at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of August, A.D. 1959, as Ordinance No. 25, Series of 1959, of said City. ATTEST: ----, SEAL --·- 213