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 Ocala
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 26. ELECTIONS

  § 26-5. Canvassing returns; recording results.  

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  • (a)

    The city council designates the city clerk, the city attorney and the current elected Marion County, Florida Supervisor of Elections to be the canvassing board of the returns of the city elections and is the local board responsible for certifying the election pursuant to the Florida Election Code and all duties prescribed therein. All rulings by the canvassing board shall be decided by a majority vote. The canvassing board shall at the next regular meeting of the city council after any general, runoff or special election, or at a special meeting held for that purpose, shall deliver to the city council the results of the election and shall declare the results of the election. The results of the election as declared by the canvassing board shall be certified by the city council and shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting showing in words and figures, written at full length, the whole number of votes given for each elected office, the names of the persons for whom such votes were given and the number of votes given for each person for each elected office.

    (b)

    If the city clerk is unable to serve on the canvassing board for any reason, then the city council president shall appoint as his substitute replacement the most senior staff member available from the city clerk's office. If the city attorney is unable to serve on the canvassing board for any reason, then the city council president shall appoint as his substitute replacement one of the assistant city attorney's. If the supervisor of elections is unable to serve on the canvassing board for any reason, then the city council president shall appoint as his substitute replacement either the city auditor or the chief of police.

    (c)

    In elections that coincide with federal, state or county elections, the canvassing board shall be that board as required by the Florida Election Code and Florida law.

(Code 1961, § 10-20; Code 1985, § 8-17; Ord. No. 2719, § 16, 5-6-97; Ord. No. 2011-50, § 6, 4-5-11; Ord. No. 2014-19, § 1, 2-18-14)