REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Certification of November 8, 2022 Election Results - City Council Districts 3 and 5
Report
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
A General Municipal Election was held November 8, 2022 for the purpose of electing Council Members to City Council Districts 3 and 5. The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters (ROV) canvassed the returns of the election and transmitted a Certification of Election Results to the City Clerk on December 8, 2022. Sunnyvale City Charter Section 601 provides that the four-year terms shall commence at the first regular meeting in January, at which the Council certifies the election results.
On December 12, 2022, Justin Jun-Ren Wang filed a request for a Voter Initiated Recount with the ROV. On December 27, 2022, the ROV reported the Voter Initiated Recount resulted in a tie between the two candidates. A tiebreaker for City Council District 3 is scheduled for Tuesday, January 3, 2023 (see Attachment 2).
The attached Resolution includes the December 27, 2022 Revised Certificate of Election Results for City Council District 3 along with the December 8, 2022 Certificate of Elections Results for City Council District 5.
Pursuant to California Elections Code Section 10263 and City Charter Section 601, the attached resolution details the number of votes cast and percentage of the vote received by each candidate, and declares elected the following persons who have received the highest number of votes cast for each office:
Councilmember District Number 3: Pending Jan. 3, 2023 Tiebreaker
Councilmember District Number 5: Richard Mehlinger
The votes cast and percentage of the vote received by each candidate follows in the table below (Councilmember-Elect name shown in bold):
Councilmember District Number 3
Candidate
Votes Received
Percentage of
Votes Received
Murali Srinivasan
2,814
50.00%
Justin Jun-Ren Wang
2,814
50.00%
Total Votes Cast:
5,628
100.00%
Total Registration: 10,976
Precinct Ballots Cas...
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