R24-01-01 - 2024 Call of Election

RESOLUTION R24-01-01 
 
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 
EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA, CALLING FOR A PRIMARY AND 
GENERAL ELECTION; DESIGNATING THE ELECTION DATES 
AND PURPOSE OF ELECTIONS; DESIGNATING THE DEADLINE 
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION; DESIGNATING THE ELECTION 
FORMAT; AND DESIGNATING THE PLACE AND FIRST AND LAST 
DATE FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE NOMINATION PAPERS. 
 
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Council of the City of El Mirage, as follows: 
 
Section 1. 
Call for Elections; Designation of Election Dates; Purpose: 
 
The Mayor and Council of the City of El Mirage hereby call for a Primary Election in the 
City of El Mirage to be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, for the purpose of nominating 
candidates for three (3) Councilor seats expiring December 2024, whose names shall appear on 
the ballot at the General Election, should a run-off election be required.  Any candidate receiving 
the number of majority votes cast pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-821.01 for that office at the Primary 
Election will be declared elected to the office for which he or she is a candidate. The Mayor and 
Council of the City of El Mirage also hereby call for a General Election in the City of El Mirage 
to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for Council seat runoffs, if required. 
 
Section 2. 
Designating Deadline for Voter Registration: 
 
Maricopa County registration and voting lists will be used for the municipal election.  In 
order to be qualified to vote, a voter must be registered by July 8, 2024, for the August 6, 2024 
Primary Election and by October 7, 2024 for the November 5, 2024 General Election. 
 
Section 3.  
Designating Election Format 
 
 
The election format for both the Primary Election in August 2024 and the General 
Election in November 2024, shall be by a Polling Place election.    
 
Section 4. 
Designating Date and Place to File Candidate Nomination Form: 
 
Candidates seeking municipal office may obtain a Candidate Packet at the El Mirage City 
Clerk’s Office, 10000 N. El Mirage Road, Mirage, beginning December 2023 which includes 
nomination papers and other materials which must be filed by candidates. Candidates may 
submit or return nomination papers and other nomination forms no earlier than Saturday, March 
9, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. and must be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 8, 2024, at the 
El Mirage City Clerk’s Office, 10000 N. El Mirage Road, El Mirage, in order for their names to 
appear on the Primary Election ballot.

Resolution R24-01-01 
 
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of El Mirage, Arizona, 
this 17th day of January, 2024. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Alexis Hermosillo, Mayor 
 
 
ATTEST: 
 
 
 
 
 
APPROVED AS TO FORM: 
 
 
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Sharon Antes, City Clerk 
 
 
 
Justin Pierce, City Attorney