Cedar City council approves Aug. 12 primary canvass, schedules reconvened session Aug. 26

At a special canvass meeting, Cedar City councilmembers approved the official results of the Aug. 12 primary and set a reconvened canvass for 9 a.m. on Aug. 26.

The city recorder read the official primary results and reported an overall voter turnout of 30.66%. The recorder also said a withdrawn candidate received 151 votes. Several individual vote totals were read aloud during the meeting; parts of those counts were unclear in the meeting record.

The recorder announced winners for mayor and council seats by name. The recorder read: “So the official results of the August 12 primary elections are as follows,” and then listed the successful and other candidates as read at the meeting. The recorder reported Emily Rhodes, Steve Nelson, Rebecca Faith Mun, Phil E. Schmidt for mayor races as announced, and named Ronald Riddle, Barry Short, Waldo DeGolon, Kathy A. Long, and R. Scott Phillips among the council vote recipients as presented.

Before the results were finalized, a councilmember asked whether candidates who are running are allowed to vote on the canvass results. The city recorder replied that such participation is routine, saying, "So all the time."

Following the reading, a councilmember moved to approve the canvass numbers "as presented by the city recorder." The motion was seconded and approved unanimously; the meeting minutes record the vote as "Aye. Unanimous."

The council then voted to adjourn the special canvassing meeting and reconvene at 9 a.m. on Aug. 26. The motion to adjourn was seconded by Councilman Melling and carried with an "Aye" vote.

The council did not take further substantive actions at the session; the recorder's reading and the formal votes to approve the canvass and set the reconvened meeting were the principal outcomes.