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CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM
Report: Declaring the Result of the General Municipal Election of March 5, 2024
1. Resolution Reciting the Fact of the General Municipal Election Held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Declaring the Results and Such Other Matters as Provided by Law
COUNCIL ACTION
Item Type: Action Item
Approved for April 16, 2024 calendar
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Glendale Municipal Election was held on March 5th, 2024, administered by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. This election marked the fourth time in which the Los Angeles County transitioned from polling places to Vote Centers, which allowed voters to cast a ballot at any Vote Center location in the County over an 11-day period.
Twelve Vote Centers were located in the Glendale area (including La Crescenta) for the election; two Vote Centers were open for eleven days, beginning on Saturday, February 24, 2024, and the remaining ten Vote Centers were open for four days, beginning on Saturday March 2, 2024. Of these twelve locations, the City of Glendale provided the County with four of its facilities to serve as Vote Centers. There was an additional eight Vote-by-Mail Drop-Off Boxes, available 24-hours a day 30 days before election day.
Vote Centers were open from 10:00 am until 7:00 pm for the eleven days leading up to Election Day, and from 7:00 am until 8:00 pm on Election Day. Each Vote Center provided voters with new, fully accessible Ballot Marking Devices. Ballot Marking Devices are not internet-based. They consist of a paper-based modern tally system that counts votes from a paper ballot using image processing technology. These devices are accessible and translated into twelve languages.
At the end of each day during the 11-day voting period, ballots were securely delivered to the County, then routed to the Downey Tally Center in the City of Downey. There, ballots were processed in a location that was open for public observation. Vote-By-Mail ballots that were returned to the County were processed in a separate location that was also available for public observation. Logic and accuracy tests were run immediately before and after the ballot tally to ensure that the program counting the ballots functioned 2{{section.number}}a
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Once the final set of ballots was received by the County the evening of March 5, 2024, the County processed as many ballots as possible through the early morning of March 6th. From that point moving forward, the County adhered to a canvassing schedule that consisted of processing ballots from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm every Tuesday and Friday; the final tally concluded on Friday, March 29, 2024, after which point the LA County Registrar- Recorder certified that the election had concluded.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution reciting the fact of the General Municipal Election and such other matters as provided by law.
ANALYSIS
The total number of ballots cast in the March 5, 2024 Glendale Municipal Election was 40,531 (out of 111,709), see exhibit 2. The election produced an overall voter turnout of
36.28%. By comparison, the 2022 General Municipal Election yielded a voter turnout of
34.19%, indicating that this year’s turnout was 2.09% higher. The total votes cast in the Glendale Community College District elections were as follows: 12,721 votes for Area 1 and 6,740 votes for Area 5 (see exhibit 2). The total votes cast for the Glendale Unified School District elections were as follows: 13,412 votes in Area A and 6,603 votes in Area E (see exhibit 2).
The following are the election results based on the votes cast:
FOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL:
(Four-Year Term)
Ardy Kassakhian
Vartan Gharpetian
FOR BALLOT MEASURE A: YES
FOR GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(Four-Year Term)
Trustee Area 1: Desiree P. Rabinov
Trustee Area 5: Sevan Benlian
FOR GLENDALE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD
(Four-Year Term)
Trustee Area A: Telly Tse
Trustee Area E: Neda Farid
STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
N/A
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FISCAL IMPACT
The cost of the election was budgeted at $591,547 within the City Clerk Department’s budget. It is yet to be determined what the final election costs will be, as a final invoice has not been received from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk's Office. Glendale Unified School District and the Glendale Community College District will be billed for their respective portions of the consolidated election by the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorders Office.
Existing Appropriation
Amount Account String
$591,547 43110-1010-CCD-1500-P0000
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (CEQA/NEPA)
N/A
CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
This item is exempt from campaign disclosure requirements.
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION
No reasonable alternatives to the recommendation are available for consideration.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Submitted by:
Suzie Abajian, City Clerk
Prepared by:
Karen Cortes, Administrative Assistant
Approved by:
Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager
EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS
Exhibit 1: Certification of Elections Results
Exhibit 2: Final Official Canvass: Statement of Votes Cast for the Glendale Municipal Election