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MINUTES OF CANVASSING BOARD MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 21, 1984: RUN-OFF
PRESENT: Mayor Ison, Commissioners Cook and Cox, City Clerk Catron, City Mgr. Griffin
ABSENT: Commissioners Hager and Rodgers
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ison called the meeting to order at 12:07 P.M. in the Commission Chambers.
ABSENTEE VOTES OPENED AND RECORDED
Mayor Ison called for a recap of the votes cast in the run-off election November 20
and City Clerk Catron reported the machine vote to be as follows:
John Bateman
William E. Stinnett
360
235
595 Total
Mrs. Catron further advised that the county had provided the list of absentee
ballots requested for the general election and that she had mailed or delivered
a total of 137 absentee ballots. Of those 90 had not been returned. Of those
that had been returned 5 were canceled because the citizens turned them in at the
polls when they voted in person, 1 was not signed and 1 was received too late
(November 21 mail).
137 absentee ballots delivered
- 90 not returned
5 canceled
1 not signed
1 returned too late
~apparently valid votes
Mayor Ison distributed the absentee ballots to be opened by the commissioners,
cautioning them that, in order to be considered valid, an absentee ballot must
be sealed inside a plain envelope inside the printed envelope. As the ballots
were being opened 9 were found to be not properly sealed, leaving a total of
31 absentee ballots to be considered in the run-off election.
The total votes are as follows:
Machine Vote
Absentee Vote
Total
John Bateman
William E. Stinnett
360
235
13
18
373
253
TOTALS
595
31
626
Mayor Ison declared Comm. Bateman officially in office and administered the
oath at 12:20 P.M.
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CANVASSING BOARD MINUTES NOVEMBER 21, 1984
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COMMISSIONER BATEMAN EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO CITIZENS
Commissioner Bateman said that he has a lot of things to be grateful for and
that the citizens of Ocoee have given him an unexpected Thanksgiving present
for which he is most appreciative. Comm. Bateman stated that he will carry
out the dictates of the oath of office to the best of his ability and that
this is the longest speech he will ever make.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon a motion by Carom. Cox and second by Comm. Cook meeting adjourned at 12:22P.M.
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OATH OF OFFICE
I, John Bateman , do solemnly swear ~
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and Government of the United States and the State of Florida
against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that I will bear
true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same, that I am
entitled to hold office under the Constitution: that I will
faithfully perform all duties of Commissioner of the City
of Ocoee, on which I am about to enter so help me God.
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Sworn to and sUbscr~
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day of November 1984
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