Election Information

Municipal Elections are scheduled for March of each year. In general, the designated polling place is Community Room A in the Cordova Center. Information regarding the next regularly scheduled election becomes available in December.

Registered voters may also participate in State and National elections at Cordova polling locations; information is publicized as it becomes available.

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 Results of Ballots Counted on Election Night

To Vote on Proposition 1

To Vote on Proposition 1:                      

Proposition No. 1

Amendment of City Charter Sections 2-1, 10-2, and 10-4 to Effectuate Non-Designated Council Seats for City Council Members, Clarify that Council Members and the Mayor Serve Three-Year Terms of Office, and Remove 40% Vote Threshold for Prevailing Mayoral and City Council Candidates

 

Should Cordova City Charter Sections 2-1, 10-2, and 10-4 be amended to read as follows (deletions are stricken through; new text is bold and underlined):

 

Section 2-1.- Mayor and City Council: Number and qualifications, designated non-designated council seats.

There shall be a city council of seven members, each of whom shall be elected to a designated seat (Seats A through G). There shall be a mayor, who shall not be a member of the council. Only qualified voters of the city who, at the time of their election or appointment to fill a vacancy, are at least eighteen years old and have resided within the city at least one year, shall be qualified for the offices of mayor and council member. During their terms of office, and for a period of one year thereafter, neither the mayor nor a council member may hold any compensated position in the city government, except that of volunteer fireman. The mayor or any council member who is no longer a resident of the city shall cease to hold office.

 

Section 10-2.- Three-year terms—Election at large—Nonpartisan elections.

At the regular election in 1995, a mayor and three council members (Seats A, B and C) shall be elected.

The person elected to Seat A in 1995 shall serve for a two-year term. Other than the council member elected to Seat A in 1995, all council members shall be elected to serve three-year terms. The mayor shall be elected to serve a two-year term. At the regular election in 1996, and every three years thereafter, two council members will be elected (Seats D and E). At the regular election in 1997, and every three years thereafter, three council members (Seats F, G and A) will be electedThe term of each Council member shall be three years and shall continue until a successor has been elected and qualified. The term of the mayor shall be three years and shall continue until a successor has been elected and qualified.  If there are any council member seats vacant after an election year (because of failure of candidates to file or qualify or for other cause), then a drawing shall be held at a council meeting under its direction to determine which of the two or three council members whose terms are about to expire shall continue to serve. If there is only one council member whose term is about to expire, and who has not been re-elected, that member shall continue to serve in such case.

The term of office for the mayor and council members shall begin on the first day after the council certifies the election results. If the mayor-elect or a council member-elect fails to qualify within 30 days after the beginning of a term of office, the election of the mayor or council member shall be void. No person who has been elected mayor or council member, as the case may be, for two consecutive terms shall again be eligible to hold that office, until the regular election in the year following the year in which that person’s second consecutive term expired. A council member who has served two consecutive terms will not be placed on the ballot for any seat on the council until the regular election in the year following the year in which their second term expires. This limitation shall not apply to the mayor or council members in office at the time this charter is approved until after their current term of office has expired.

The mayor and council members shall be elected at large, by the greatest number of votes cast., and not less than forty (40) percent of the votes, and Votes shall be cast by secret ballot. The election shall be non-partisan, and no party designation or emblem shall be placed on the ballot.

 

Section 10-4. – Voting—Who elected.

Every qualified voter of the city shall be entitled to vote for one candidate for mayor and for one candidate for each council seat. On the ballots between the title of the office or council seat and the names of the candidates, shall be printed the instruction “Vote for one.” A voter may also write in the name of, and vote for, a person whose name does not appear on the ballot. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast, and not less than forty (40) percent of the total votes cast for the office of mayor or for a council seat, as the case may be, shall be elected. If no candidate for the office of mayor or for a council seat, as the case may be, receives the greatest number of votes cast, and not less than forty (40) percent of the votes cast for the office or seat, a runoff election shall be held within three weeks after the date of certification of the election for which the runoff election is required, and notice of the runoff election shall be published at least twenty (20) days before the runoff election date. The runoff election shall be between two candidates receiving the highest and next highest number of votes for the office or council seat, as the case may be. The candidate receiving the greatest number of votes in the runoff election shall be elected. In case of a tie, the election shall be determined fairly by a drawing from among the candidates tying, in a meeting of the council and under its direction.

 

Yes

 

No

offices to be filled

To Elect:
Seat D – One (1) City Council Member for One (1) Regular, Three (3) Year Term
Seat E – One (1) City Council Member for One (1) Regular, Three (3) Year Term

To Elect:
Two (2) School Board Members for Two (2) Regular, Three (3) Year Terms

To Elect:
Two (2) Hospital Services Board Members for Two (2) Regular, Three (3) Year Terms

early in-person voting at the cordova center

Available February 13 – March 4, 2024, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Not including the President’s Day Holiday, Monday February 19, 2024.

Absentee Voting Information


Application for absentee voting:

Submit an absentee ballot application to: City Clerk, City of Cordova, PO Box 1210, Cordova, AK 99574; or by email to cityclerk@cityofcordova.net . Application by mail shall be postmarked, and application by email shall be received by the city clerk no earlier than January 1, 2024 and no later than 7 days (Tuesday, February 27, 2024) before the election. Applications are available on the City website or may be requested from the City Clerk. Absentee ballot application may also be requested in-person at an early voting site during its hours of operation.

Casting an absentee ballot:

An absentee ballot cast by mail must be postmarked on or before the date of the election and must be received by the City Clerk no later than 14 days after the election (March 19, 2024). An absentee ballot deposited in a drop box must be placed in the drop box by the close of polls on election day. Cordova has one Election Drop Box, located upstairs at the Cordova Center main entrance under the covered drop-off driveway.

Absentee voting a special needs ballot:

A qualified voter who is unable to go to a polling place to vote because of disability, infirmity or confinement may vote absentee by special needs ballot. The voter may, through a representative, request a special needs ballot from an election official on election day or from the City Clerk up to 21 days (February 13, 2024) before the election date.

 

For further information, contact the City Clerk at cityclerk@cityofcordova.net or 424-6248.