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 Winter Garden
 Code of Ordinances
 Part I. CHARTER
 Article V. ELECTIONS

  § 48. Canvassing board.  

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  • (1)

    A city canvassing board shall be established for the purposes of canvassing ballots and election results. The canvassing board shall be composed of the city clerk and two (2) citizens who shall be selected by majority vote of the city commission. A third and fourth citizen shall also be selected by majority vote of the city commission to serve as a first and second alternate canvassing board member. The canvassing board members shall be appointed at least ninety (90) days before July 1st of each year and shall serve a one-year term commencing on July 1st and ending June 30th the following year, or until their successors are appointed.

    (2)

    The canvassing board shall meet on the night of the election at the close of the polls or as soon thereafter as practicable to publicly canvass the vote as shown by the returns then on file in the office of the city clerk, adjourn as needed, and meet again in the subsequent days as provided by ordinance to count absentee ballots and provisional ballots.

    (3)

    Election returns shall be canvassed in the manner as provided by general law, ordinance and this charter. The city clerk shall, after the canvass of said election, furnish a certificate of election to be recorded in the minutes of the first city commission meeting thereafter.

    (4)

    If required by statute, or authorized by a majority vote of the City Commission, the duties of the canvassing board with regard to a particular election may be delegated to the County Canvassing Board or such other governmental canvassing entity as established pursuant to interlocal agreement. If the duties of the canvassing board are delegated in accordance with this section, the entity to which such duties are delegated shall not be bound to those canvassing procedures provided by city ordinance and charter and shall otherwise canvass the election subject to those laws, rules, procedures, and guidelines to which such entity is ordinarily bound. The city clerk shall obtain a certification of the results of the election from the canvassing entity to which canvassing duties have been delegated and shall submit such certification to the City Commission to be recorded in the minutes of the next City Commission meeting.