2015 Official Election Results

Official ELECTION RESULTS - October 6, 2015  Borough Election

Post Election Information...

...Election Canvass was October 13, 2015 at 6:00pm  -  Clerk's Report to the Canvass Board (Assembly)
...Election Certification was scheduled for October 27, 2015  
...Terms of office began following the Election Certification. (Oaths of Office were administered)
...First meeting of the new assembly:  October 27, 2015
...First meeting of the new school board:  TBA

Next Regular Borough Election, October 4, 2016

Tie Vote...

Charter 16.04:  In case of a tie vote for borough office, the assembly shall determine the successful candidate by lot.

Mandatory Recount...

HBC 11.56.010: If two or more candidates tie in having the highest number of votes for the same office, to which only one candidate is to be elected, the clerk shall initiate a recount.

Demand a Recount...

HBC 11.56.020:

     A. A candidate or 10 qualified voters who believe a mistake has been made in the counting of the votes in that election, and who voted in that election, may file an application with the clerk for a recount of the votes from any particular precinct, or for any particular office, proposition or question by filing an application with the clerk before 5:00 p.m. on the third calendar day following the canvass of the election returns. The date on which the clerk receives an application rather than the date of mailing or transmission determines whether the application is filed within the time allowed under this subsection.

     B. A recount application shall identify the particular office, proposition or question for which the recount is to be held, and shall state that the person making the application is a candidate or that the 10 persons making the application are qualified voters who voted in that election. The candidate or persons making the application shall designate by full name and mailing address two persons who shall represent the applicant during the recount. Any person may be named representative, including the candidate or any person signing the application. Applications by 10 qualified voters shall also include the designation of one of the number as a contact person. The candidate or person making the application shall sign the application and shall print or type the candidate’s full name and mailing address.

     C. The application shall include a deposit in cash or by certified check. The amount of the deposit shall be $100.00.

Contest the Election...

HBC 11.52.010:  A candidate or 10 qualified voters who voted in that election may contest election of any person or the approval or rejection of any question or proposition upon one or both of the following grounds:

A. Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of an election official sufficient to change the result of the election;

B. Any corrupt practice as defined by law sufficient to change the results of the election.

The notice of election contest shall be submitted, in writing, to the borough clerk before 5:00 p.m. on the day of the certification of the election. The notice of contest shall specify the election being contested, the grounds of the contest, and shall bear the notarized signatures of the candidate or qualified voters bringing the contest. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF ELECTION CONTEST

(I)(we), the undersigned, believe(s) that the following prohibited practices occurred at the election held on ___(date)___. (I)(We) also hereby state that the violation was committed by the following person(s):

List prohibited practice(s) _____________

List person(s) alleged to have committed the violation:

_________________________________

_________________________________

Signature of Person(s) Contesting

SUBSCRIBED and SWORN to before me this _____ day of __________________, 20 __ by: ____________________.

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Notary Public