Vote: continued

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3. CANCELLATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD ELECTIONS Pursuant to A.R.S. §15-424(D), cancel the elections for the attached list of governing board positions in which only one person filed a nomination petition or a nomination paper as a write-in candidate. Also, declare vacant the governing board positions listed on the attachment for which no person filed nominating petitions and allow the Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools (MCSOS) to appoint in accordance with A.R.S. §15-302(A). Per A.R.S. §15-424 (D), if only one person files or no person files a nominating petition or nomination paper for a write-in candidate for an election to fill a district office, the Board of Supervisors no earlier than seventy-five days before the election may cancel the election for the position and appoint the person who filed the nominating petition to fill the position. If no person files a nominating petition for an election to fill a district office, the Board of Supervisors no earlier than seventy-five days before the election may cancel the election for that office and that office is deemed vacant and shall be filled as provided in A.R.S. §15-302. Several school district elections in Maricopa County qualify for this action, as reflected on the 2008 List of Requested Governing Board Election Cancellations which is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and included in the board materials. A person who is appointed pursuant to this subsection is fully vested with the powers and duties of the office as if elected to that office. In November, 2008, the Board of Supervisors will appoint those candidates who filed nomination petitions or write in nomination papers on or before August 20, 2008, to serve the specified terms as school district governing board members in these districts, terms to begin January 1, 2008. This item was continued from the August 22, 2008 meeting. (C-37-09-001-M-00)