Hyde Park Council unanimously approves canvass of Nov. 18 municipal election

Hyde Park — The Hyde Park City Council on Nov. 18 approved a canvass of the municipal election after election staff reported turnout and a breakdown of ballot types.

Donya, who presented the canvass to the council, said the city had 3,472 active registered voters and 1,285 ballots cast, a turnout of about 37 percent. She told council members the city's collection methods included 926 ballots returned via Dropbox, 352 mailed ballots and just two in-person votes. Donya said there was one provisional ballot; 23 ballots initially raised signature-verification questions, of which 14 were cured. She also reported 24 ballots were rejected for being received after the deadline, 13 were undeliverable and 22 were from voters who had moved within the county.

"We have 3,472 active registered voters. Of that, we had 1,285 cast their ballots for a voter turnout of 37.1, which is pretty standard for a municipal election," Donya said.

After the presentation, the council chair asked for a motion to approve the canvassed results. Council member Kurt moved to approve the canvass; David seconded. The chair called for the vote and recorded the motion as carried unanimously; the transcript does not list individual roll-call votes.

Later in the meeting a motion to adjourn was made by Stephanie and seconded by Tiffany; that motion also passed on a voice vote and the meeting ended.

The council did not record additional details about any provisional-candidate challenges or a roll-call tally in the transcript. The canvass approval completes the council's formal step of acknowledging and accepting the reported election results on the record.