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Gabriella Cazares-Kelly Recorder
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF PIMA COUNTY, AZ
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MARANA ORDINANCE NO. 2023.014
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; ADOPTING REVISIONS TO MARANA TOWN CODE
TITLE 2 (MAYOR AND COUNCIL), CHAPTER 2-2 (COUNCIL ELECTION); REVISING
SECTION 2-2-1 (PRIMARY ELECTION; DATE; DECLARATION OF ELECTED
CANDIDATE) TO AMEND PARAGRAPH B TO EXPRESSLY REFER TO A.R.S. § 9-
821.01,WHICH DETERMINES HOW TO CALCULATE A MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST;
AND DESIGNATING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS Section 2-2-1 of the Marana Town Code provides that any candidate
who receives a majority of the votes cast at a primary election shall be declared elected to
the office for which he or she is a candidate; and
WHEREAS A.R.S. § 9-821.01 sets forth the method by which a majority of the votes
cast is determined; and
WHEREAS greater clarity is brought to the Marana Town Code by expressly
referencing A.R.S. § 9-821.01 in Section 2-2-1; and
WHEREAS the Town Council finds that revising Chapter 2-2 of the Marana Town
Code as set forth in this ordinance is in the best interests of the Town and its residents.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, as follows:
SECTION 1.Section 2-2-1 (Primary election;date;declaration of elected candidate)
of the Marana Town Code is hereby revised as follows (with additions shown with
double underlining):
2-2-1 Primary election; date; declaration of elected candidate
[No revisions to paragraph A.]
B. Any candidate who receives at the primary election a majority of all the votes cast,
as determined by the calculation set forth in A.R.S. §9-821.01,shall be declared elected
to the office for which he or she is a candidate effective as of the date of the general
election, and no further election shall be held as to that candidate, provided that if
more candidates receive a majority of the votes than there are offices to be filled, then
those equal in number to the offices to be filled receiving the highest number of votes
shall be declared elected.
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SECTION 2. The various town officers and employees are authorized and directed
to perform all acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. All ordinances, resolutions, or motions and parts of ordinances,
resolutions, or motions of the Council in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are
hereby repealed, effective as of the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective on the 31st day after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF MARANA,
Arizona, this 16th day of May 2023.
aMayor Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROVE P AS TO FORM:
Orvvid L. Udall, Town Clerk Jane '. all, To yin
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MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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