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ARF- 1020

Consent Agenda Item 5- H

Regular BOS Meeting

Meeting Date:	01/10/2012
Submitted For:	Linda Eastlick
Submitted By:	David Rogers, Elections Specialist, Elections Department
Department:	Elections

Information

Request/Subject

February 28 Presidential Preference Election Precinct Consolidation Plan Order

Background Information

ARS 16-248 provides not less than twenty days before a presidential preference election, the board of supervisors shall designate a reasonable and adequate number of polling places where the election shall be held. Further the statute provides counties with less than two hundred thousand active registered voters shall determine the number of polling places for this election by using no more than one polling place for every two thousand active registered voters. This does not apply to land located on an Indian reservation. In precincts that contain fewer than three hundred active registered voters, the election may be conducted by mail.

Evaluation

The recommended Precinct Consolidation Plan was developed taking into consideration those precincts which could be conducted by mail (Hayden, Winkelman, Christmas, Roosevelt, Sierra Ancha, Whispering Pines, Zane Gray, Gisela, and Young); maintaining polling places in those areas where travel to a consolidated precinct would place a burden on the voter (Tonto Basin, Star Valley, and Pine-Strawberry); those precincts located on reservation lands (Canyon Day, Carrizo, San Carlos); and the number of registered voters in areas which could be consolidated (Globe, Miami, Central Heights, Claypool, and Payson).

Conclusion

All precincts in Gila County were evaluated according to ARS 16-248 and a determination was made as to the best Precinct Consolidation Plan to use for the 2012 Presidential Preference Election.

Recommendation

The Elections Director recommends the board’s acceptance of the Order to adopt the February 28, 2012, Presidential Preference Election Precinct Consolidation Plan Order

Suggested Motion

Approval of the February 28, 2012, Presidential Preference Election Precinct Consolidation Plan designating precinct consolidations, polling place locations, and mail ballot precincts with ballot replacement sites.

Attachments
A.R.S. 16-248
2012 PPE Polling Place Consolidation Plan