HomeMy WebLinkAboutR14-009 2014 Election Cycle Re-Establishment and Expansion of Size Commissioner `-'t S I41LX—
moved adoption of the following Resolution:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION RE-ESTABLISHING ELECTION PRECINCTS FOR PARTISAN
ELECTIONS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. (X) I
WHEREAS, the county clerk and recorder of each county must divide the county into as
many election precincts for all general, primary, and congressional vacancy elections as is
convenient for the eligible electors of the county; and
WHEREAS, in a county that uses an electronic or electromechanical voting system, the
county clerk and recorder, subject to approval by the board of county commissioners, shall
establish at least one precinct for every one thousand five hundred active eligible electors; and
WHEREAS, in 2013 state law was changed, requiring that all Primary and November
Elections administered by the county be conducted by mail ballot, eliminating the need for
precinct polling places; and
WHEREAS,the elimination of neighborhood precinct polling places reduces the need to
limit the number of voters in each precinct; and
WHEREAS, the county clerk and recorder may establish one precinct for every two
thousand active eligible electors subject to approval by the board of county commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the Eagle County Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") is
authorized pursuant to Section 1-5-101, C.R.S., and it is in the best interests of the voters of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado, to expand the maximum number of active eligible electors in
each precinct to two thousand; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS FOR THE COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO:
THAT, the County Clerk and Recorder is hereby authorized to establish at least one
precinct for every two thousand active eligible electors.
THAT, this Resolution is necessary for the public health, safety and welfare of the
citizenry of the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.
MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held the I U day of
, 2014.
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO, By and Through Its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Clerk to the Boa d of Jil '. H. Ryan
County Commissioners air an /
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Kathy heer-He
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Commissioner
Sara J. Fisher
Commissioner
Commissioner CAI-be—to t o ur - t seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll
having been called, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Ryan ,
Commissioner Chandler-Henry 18-1, •
Commissioner Fisher ti
This resolution passed by / U vote of the Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Eagle, State of Colorado
