2 COUNCILMEN IN TROUBLE SLOW VOTE RESULTS ADD TO TENSION.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - With a record number of candidates slowing the ballot count, Mayor Bob Yousefian and challengers Ara Najarian and Chahe Keuroghelian held leads for three City Council seats, while three candidates were vying for the fourth spot, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. absentee One who has left, either temporarily or permanently, his or her domicile or usual place of residence or business. A person beyond the geographical borders of a state who has not authorized an agent to represent him or her in legal proceedings that may be commenced against him or her returns. Ardashes Kassakhian was leading eight other candidates to succeed retiring City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". Doris Twedt, and City Treasurer Ronald Borucki was headed toward re-election. Voters also were approving 21 amendments to modernize mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. the City Charter. Officials blamed a record 42 candidates and 21 charter amendments for an hours-long delay in counting the ballots. Absentee ballots - which take less than an hour to tally in most elections - were still being counted as midnight approached. ``We had a lot of absentee ballots and a lot of provisional ballots A provisional ballot is used to record a vote when there is some question in regards to a given voter's eligibility. A provisional ballot would be cast when:
Even candidates in the lead were cautious. ``This is not a done deal, so we'll just have to wait,'' Yousefian said late Tuesday. Incumbents Dave Weaver and Frank Quintero and challenger Anahid Oshagan - locked in a close race for the fourth City Council seat - waited anxiously for the results. City Councilman Rafi Manoukian Rafi Manoukian is a former member of the city council in Glendale, California. He was recently notified that he has been selected by the Board of Directors and the Selection Committee of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) as a recipient of the 2006 Ellis Island , the only councilman not up for re- election, predicted the rankings would likely change as the precincts pre·cinct n. 1. a. A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force. b. were counted. ``It's still early and the absentees usually don't indicate the rest of the election. We have to wait until precincts are counted,'' Manoukian said. ``At least 50 percent of the precincts need to be counted before anything is determined to some certainty.'' Of the city's 102,000 registered voters, about 20,200 had applied to vote via absentee ballot - the city's highest number ever. Also, three City Council candidates raised more than $100,000 for campaigns - the first time that has happened in the city's history. The three highest council vote-getters will serve four-year terms, while the fourth-place finisher will serve two years - to finish out the term vacated by former Councilman Gus Gomez, who left in January when he was elected to the Superior Court bench. The winners will be sworn in Monday night, and the council will elect a new mayor. Voters at nine precincts were forced to fill in their ballots with no power on as the city was hit with yet another power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" about 5:15 p.m., following an explosion in a transformer transformer, electrical device used to transfer an alternating current or voltage from one electric circuit to another by means of electromagnetic induction. . < City officials provided back-up generators and flashlights to those precincts, but they were never used since power was restored at 6:30 p.m. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (ran in Glen/Bur edition only) Sunlight streams in on Glendale voters Tuesday at Dunsmore Park. John McCoy/Staff Photographer Box: (ran in Glen/Bur edition only) LATEST RESULTS |
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