2004 Jan Vol 35 Issue 1 Town Reporter Election Issue

TOWN REPORTER © TOWN OF PARADISE VALLEY 6401 EAST LINCOLN DRIVE January 2004 Volume 35, Issue 1 Dan Schweiker Paul E . St reich Scott P . LeMarr Ed Wink ler Li z Clendenin Mary Hamway 2004 ELECTION ISSUE* VOTE BY MAIL ... T own Council Elections w ill be held March 9, 2004 and May 18, 2004. This ed iti o n of th e Town Report er incl ud es general election in formati on and personal st ate ments provided by each of t he ca nd idates to a id voters in making informed ba ll ot choices. Th ere a re eig ht cand id ates running for four seats on the Town Council. In addi tion to the inform ation in the Town Reporter, voters will be given an opportunity to meet the candidates and d iscuss issues at a Candidates ' Forum hosted by th e T own on Wednesday, January 28, 2004. It wi ll be a busy e lect ion year. T he Arizona Pres id enti al Preference Election will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2004. Vote rs wish ing to vote in the Presidential Primary must req uest an early ballot from Maricopa County (http:// www.recorder .maricopa.gov/) o r go to their polling place on February 3 . Voters should then expect to receive their Town Coun ci l vote-by-mai l ball o t s automatica lly on or about February 6. Voters may vote for up to four ca ndidates by marking the arrow n ex t to th e selected ca ndidates ' names with a black pen . Ballots must be returned by mail to the Maricopa Count y Election s Department by first class mail using the envelope provided. Voters may a lso drop off thei r ballots at Town Hall between February 9 and March 10, or at any Maricopa County polling location. Voted ballots must be received by March 9, 2004. Each voted ballot must be mailed separat ely and not combined by hou se hold into one envelope. Th e voter's signature is required o n the outside of t he return envelope as a security measure to prevent voter fraud . A replacement ba llot po lling locati on wi ll be open at the Town C le rk 's Office from February 9 through March 5 for vote rs who misplace or spoil their ballot. If a run-off election is necessary it w ill be held on Tuesday, May 18 . 3 Stephen Benso n 6 3 Ma rgaret Tritch 6 4 Goldwater Memorial Update 9 4 San itation Services/Providers 10 5 Committee Reports 11 5 The order of candidate statements was selected by a random drawing of names. * A Spanish translation of this issue of the Town Reporter can be obtained at the Town Clerk's Office. *Una version en espanol de este folleto informativo se puede conseguir en la Oficina del Secretario del Municipio.