Resolution 10766RESOLUTION NO. 10766
OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
Appointing An Election Board for )
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Bay Farm Island Reclamation )
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District No. 2105, General )
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Election, November 5, 1985
WHEREAS, a general election to elect three (3)
persons as Trustees of Bay Farm Island Reclamation District
No. 2105 has been noticed for November 5, 1985;
WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of
Bay Farm Island Reclamation District No. 2105 has requested
that the Council of the City of Alameda appoint an election
board pursuant to law to supervise said election;
WHEREAS, Section 50700 authorizes the Council of the
City of Alameda to appoint an election board consisting of
three (3) landowners, or legal representatives of landowners,
of Bay Farm Island Reclamation District No. 2105; and
WHEREAS, said statute provides that the election
board shall consist of one (1) inspector and two (2)
judges of election;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the
City of Alameda, as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to Section 50700 of the Water
Code of the State of California, Charles J. McNeil is
hereby appointed to act as inspector of the general
election to be held on November 5, 1985, for the election
of Trustees of Bay Farm Island Reclamation District No.
2105.
Section 2. Pursuant to Section 50700 of the Water
Code of the State of California, Joyce Harris is
hereby appointed to act as a judge of election for the
general election to be held on November 5, 1985, for the
election of Trustees of Bay Farm Island Reclamation
District No. 2105.
Section 3. Pursuant to Section 50700 of the Water
Code of the State of California, Robert Adams is
hereby appointed to act as a judge of election for the
general election to be held on November 5, 1985, for the
election of Trustees of Bay Farm Island Reclamation
District No. 2105.
Section 4. The election board hereby appointed is
authorized and instructed to perform the following acts
with respect to the general election to be held on November
5, 1985, for the election of Trustees of Bay Farm Island.
Reclamation District No. 2105:
Determine the number of votes each eligible
voter may cast in said election, and the voting power of
each such voter, in the manner provided in Sections
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50702, 50704 and 50704.5 of the Water Code of the State of
California;
(b) Establish a procedure for accepting proxy
votes in said general election, said procedure to include
at a minimum the following:
(i) That any person entitled to vote in
said District election may execute and file a written
proxy authorizing another to exercise his/her/its voting
rights;
That to render valid any proxy so
made, the signature of the maker of the proxy must appear
at the bottom of the proxy in the same manner as that
voters name appears on the property records maintained by
the Alameda County Recorder and said signature must be
acknowledged as required by law;
(iii) That to render valid any proxy so
made, all owners of the property creating the voting power
in the maker of the proxy must sign the proxy in the same
manner as each such owner's name appears in the property
records maintained by the Alameda County Recorder and each
such signature must be acknowledged as required by law;
(iv) That each proxy so made shall be valid
for this District election only;
(v) That any proxy so made may be revoked
only by way of a writing signed by the voter making the
proxy in the same manner as that voter's name appears on
the property records maintained by the Alameda County
Recorder and acknowledged in the same manner in which
proxies are required to be acknowledged;
(vi) That the proxy so made must be filed
with the election board hereby appointed by no later than
the time when the proxy holder appears at the polling
place to vote;
(vii) That in the event of any conflicting
proxies, the proxy bearing the earliest execution date has
priority over any subsequent proxy, unless a subsequent
proxy expressly revokes the prior proxy; and
(viii) That no proxy vote will be accepted,
counted or tabulated unless each of the above requirements
is fully met.
(c) Develop and provide to the eligible voters
in the District election an official form of proxy to be
used in the District election, and provide public notice
of the proxy procedure and the availability of the proxy
forms, and further provide notice that no proxy will be
accepted unless it is made on the prescribed official
form and in the manner established by the election
board.
(d) Determine the validity of any challenges
and questions in any way arising in connection with the
voting in the District election.
(e) Receive, count and tabulate all votes cast
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in the District election.
(f) Close the polls at the time designated by
the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of Bay Farm Island
Reclamation District No. 2105.
(g) Canvass the votes cast, determine the
results of the election, issue certificates of election to
the persons elected, and place the ballots, when canvassed,
in a sealed envelope and forward it to the Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Alameda, in accordance with
Section 50752 of the Water Code of the State of California.
(h) Generally supervise and maintain the
fairness of the District election.
Section 5. The election board hereby appointed, and
each member thereof, shall swear an oath, administered by
the City Clerk, to faithfully perform their duties as an
election board members.
Section 6. The decision, act or certificate of a
majority of the members of the election board is effective
in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of the
board, and any report or certificate made by the election
board is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of October
1985, by the following votes:
AYES: Five.
NOES: None.
ABSENT:
None.
viA OR OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 15th of October, 1985,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Counci.lmembers, Corica, Hanna, Lucas, Monsef and President Diament - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 16th day of October, 1985.
rk of the City of Alameda