§ 2-1534. Canvass of election ballots; certification of results; disposition of ballots.
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The canvassers at an election for the elective members of the commission shall consist
of the director of records and two or more persons appointed by the presiding judge
of the municipal court, who shall be members of the bar residing in the city, or judges
of the municipal court, at least one of whom shall belong to the Republican party,
and at least one of whom shall belong to the Democrat party. Those persons so designated
shall proceed to act as canvassers. The canvassers shall proceed to open and canvass
the ballots and shall tabulate and sign the results. Each nominee in any election
may have one watcher to observe the canvass and tabulation of the ballots cast. Within
ten days after the election, the director of records shall certify the results as
so tabulated to the mayor and chairman of the municipal judicial nominating commission.
Upon completion of the canvass, the director of records shall place all ballots in
one package and all signature cards in another and shall retain them in his office
for a period of six months and shall permit no one to inspect them except upon an
order of the chairman of the municipal judicial nominating commission. At the end
of such six months' period, the director of records shall, unless otherwise ordered
by the chairman of the municipal judicial nominating commission, destroy them. The
director of records and other canvassers shall not disclose how any voter cast his
ballot except upon an order of the chairman of the municipal judicial nominating commission,
or in the course of giving evidence lawfully required.
(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 22.89; Ord. No. 33502, 1-6-67)
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