(a) As provided by the City Charter, the mayor and council shall convene on the first Monday after Election Day in order to adopt the official canvass of the election. If, at the time, the returns from the election are incomplete, the official canvass shall be postponed from day to day, not to exceed twenty (20) days following the election. The results printed by the vote tabulating equipment, to which have been added write-in votes, shall, when certified by the city clerk, constitute the official canvass of each precinct.
(b) Upon completion of the canvass, the mayor shall forthwith issue a proclamation, proclaiming the whole number of votes cast for and against each proposed constitutional amendment, and for and against each initiated or referred measure, and declaring the amendments or measures which are approved by a majority of those voting thereon to be law.
(Ord. No. 11525, § 2, 2-21-18)