HomeMy WebLinkAbout[02] Canvass Election cult.O ST."SEPH Council Agenda Item 2
MEETING DATE: November 16, 2018
AGENDA ITEM: Canvass the Election
SUBMITTED BY: Administration
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
16.2 CANVASS OF THE RETURNS
The city council serves as the canvassing board for city elections.The council must meet to canvass the returns and
declare the results within two days after a primary and within seven days after a city general election.
(M.S.205.185,subd.3;205.065,subd.5)
The steps to canvass the results are:
1. The clerk prepares a canvass report to accumulate results from multiple precincts;this report
may be available from the state Election Reporting System;
2. The clerk provides the canvassing board with the summary statements from the election judges
(and a canvass report for totals if more than one precinct in the city)to examine and declare the
results;
3. In the case of a tie vote,the canvassing board determines the winner by lot;and
4. Errors by election judges in counting may be corrected by following specific procedures as
prescribed by law. (M.S.204C.3839;205.185)
16.3.1 Discretionary Municipal Recounts
While there is no automatic recount for municipal elections,a losing candidate for nomination or election to a
municipal office may request a manual recount of the votes cast for the nomination or election to that office at the
jurisdiction's expense if the difference between the votes cast for that candidate and for a winning candidate for
nomination or election is less than one half of one percent of the total votes counted for that office or if the
difference between the vote cast for that candidate and for a winning candidate for nomination or election is ten
votes or less and the total number of votes cast for the nomination or election of all candidates is no more than
400.A losing candidate may request a recount at their own expense if the difference is greater than these stated
differences. In cases of offices where two or more seats are being filled from among all the candidates for the
office,the one half of one percent is the difference between the elected candidate with the fewest votes and the
candidate with the most votes from among the candidates who were not elected.
The candidate requesting the recount at their own expense may provide the filing officer with a list of up to three
precincts that are to be recounted first and may waive the balance of the recount after these recounts have been
counted. If the winner of the race is changed by the result of the recount or if the difference between the result of
the recount and what was reported on Election Day is more than the accepted margin of error for the post election
review,the cost of the recount is paid by the jurisdiction conducting the recount. (M.S.204C.36,subd. 1;204C.36,
subd. 2)
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT:
ATTACHMENTS: 2018 Election Results
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: The required action would be to accept the results and declare the
wining candidates to be Rick Schultz for Mayor and Anne Buckvold and Brian Theisen as Councilors.
City of St.Joseph
State General Election Results-City of St.Joseph
Tuesday,November 6,2018
P1 PI AB P1 Total P2 P2 AB Total
Mayor Mayor
Rick Schultz 752 90 842 Rick Schultz 1,187 243 1,430 2,272
Write in 25 6 31 Write in 72 11 83 114
Over Votes - - - Over Votes 1 - 1 1
Under Votes 224 32 256 Under Votes 244 58 302 558
Total 1,001 128 Total 1,504 312 2,945
City Council City Council -
Anne Buckvold 546 61 607 Anne Buckvold 772 176 948 1,555
Dale Wick 251 49 300 Dale Wick 573 140 713 1,013
Brian Theisen 356 67 423 Brian Theisen 785 173 958 1,381
Write in 5 2 7 Write in 9 5 14 21
Write in - - Write in 3 - 3 3
Over Votes - - - Over Votes - - - -
Under Votes 844 77 921 Under Votes 866 130 996 1,917
Total 2,002 256 Total 3,008 624 5,890
New Registrants 572 21 593 New Registrants 209 36 245 838
State General Election Results-City of St.Joseph
Tuesday,November 6,2018
P1 P1 AB P1 Total P2 P2 AB Total
Write in P1-Mayor Write in P2-Mayor
Anne Buckvold 8 Steve Meyer 2 Mickey Mouse 1
Robert Loso 5 2 Kristin Schmidt 1 Steve Olson 1
Brian Douvier 1 Thomas Klein 3 Tom Ellenbecker 1
Andy Loso 2 Ken Jacobson 4 2 Jim Deboroux 1
Natalie Keane 1 Rod Gohman 1 Brent Johnson 1
Jim Read 1 Emily Chaphalkar 1 Gary Osberg 1
Joe Gilk 3 Cory Wruck 1 Aaron Rieland 1
Adam ricketts 1 Daffy Duck 2 Mark Graft 1
Luke Loso 1 Terry Finneman 2 Brian Theisen 1
Tom Ellenbecker 1 Dale Wick 1 Tommy Chong 1
Trevor Pfannenstein 1 Bob Loso 2 Jack Bock 2
Ken Jacobson 1 Cory Ehlert 2 Roger Weste 1
Jon Petters 2 Bugs Bunny 1 Danielle Taylor 1
Blank 1 Patrick Gill 1 Jon Bruns 2
Katie Johnson 1 Rick Zimmer 1
Anyone Else 8 Peppermint Patty 1
John Prom 1 Joshua Schmitz 1
Rebecca Saurer 1
David Hansgen 1
Jerry Wetterling 1
Curtis Ophoven 1
Steve Olson 1
Robert Lyon 1
Blank 3 Blank 19
Total 25 6 11 Total 72
Write in P1 Council Write in P2Council
Christen Strollo 1 Tom Eiynck 1
Joe Gilk 1 Keith Simon 2 4
Bob Loso 1 Lauren Wittrock 1
Jill Braterg 1 Dave Lemke 1
Keith Simon 1 Blank 7 1
Blank 2
Total 5 2 Total 12 5