The canvass is called as a special meeting for the appropriate day. If the canvass cannot be completed on the first day, it must continue from day to day (reconvening on each business day) until it is completed. Notice of the date and hour of convening the canvass should be given in the normal manner for giving the required notices of special meetings, and all meetings must be open to the public. A quorum of the governing body must be present to conduct the canvass as the board of canvassers. If a quorum is not present at any session, the meeting should be recessed until the next business day (not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday), at which time the board of canvassers must reconvene and begin again. When the canvass is completed, the results of the election are declared, and the canvass is recessed for at least 48 hours (excluding any Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday which falls within that period). After the 48 hours is past, the board of canvassers convenes to certify the results of the election for any office or issue for which no recount request has been filed. If no office or issue is the subject of a recount request, all results are certified and the board of canvassers adjourns.
(Ord. 05-07. Passed 10-20-05.)