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Recommendation to receive and file the Consolidated Precincts and Polling Places by Poll Type Report; refer the Report to the City Manager for review of construction projects in the public right-of-way that could interfere with voter ingress and egress to a polling place on
April 11, 2006.
DISCUSSION
The purpose of this agenda item is to provide an update relative to our work in securing polling places for the 2006 elections. As previously reported to the City Council, our goal is to have voters use the same polling place on April 11” and June 6‘h. With publication of this report, this continues to be our goal.
Via this report, we also seek to solicit comments on the suitability of proposed poll
locations from your offices, the community and contest nominees by February 9, 2006. Receipt of comments by February 9, 2006, will permit us to “finalize” polling place addresses that will be printed on each voter’s sample ballot.
By requesting a review of the attached report to the City Manager we hope to avoid establishment of polls in areas where City construction projects (sidewalk repair, street maintenance) or public utility projects (gas, water, etc.), in the public right-ofway, would impede voter access to the proposed poll location.
Proposed Precinct Voting Locations (Polls)
The attached Consolidated Precincts and Polling Places by Poll Type Report shows proposed polls for April 11 June 6,2006. For each Council District, the attached report lists codes and tables summarizing the type of facility in which the polling places will be housed. Facility codes describe whether a poll is located in a school, church, business, public office, or other establishment.
For the 2006 elections we need to secure 31 1 poll locations. As of February 2, 2006, we still need to secure approximately 30 more polls. As shown in the report, there are 45 proposed vote-by-mail precincts. Without vote-by-mail precincts, we would need to have 356 poll locations.
The proposed...
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