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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING, CITY COMMISSION, CITY OF DANIA,
FIMIDA, HELD OCTOBER 28, 1964.
The City Commission of the City of Dania, Florida, met in
Special Session in the Commission Room at the City Hall.
Present were: MAYOR-COMMISSIONER VEfRA L. HILL
COMMISSIONERS ROBERT L. GRAMMER
VIRGIL L. TARPLEY
S. ELLIS YOUNG
CITY ATTORNEY CLARKE WALDEN
CITY MANAGER LESTER E. CULVERSON
CHIEF OF POLICE MONTIE F. SMITH
CITY CLERK MARY THORNHILL
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M. by Mayor Hill.
Mayor Hill: The meeting was called for basic instructions
from our City Attorney and our City Clerk pertaining to our
election laws for the City election.
City Manager Culverson: May I interrupt for just a minute?
I would like to have permission from the Council to have
Broome and Farina approved as surveyors for our Sewer Program
in conjunction with our studies. Also, I would like to have
y authority from the Council to hire a right-of-way agent for
,'. our sewer program.
A motion was made by Commissioner Young that the City Manager
be authorized to hire Broome and Farina as surveyors; and also
to give the City Manager authorization to hire a right-of-way
} agent. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Tarpley, and
the roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows:
Grammer Yes
Tarpleyw Yes
Young Yes
Hill Yes
City Manager. Culverson read a letter as follows:
" City Manager Culverson:
We respectfully request partial payment of.$2,000
for planting trees and shrubs on S. W. Fourth Ave.
Dania.
/s/ Wildwood Tropical Nursery "
City Manager Culverson: I recommend that this bill be paid.
A motion was made by Commissioner Tarpley that the bill be
paid. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Young, and the
roll being called, the Commissioners voted as follows:
Grammer Yes
Tarpley Yes
Young Yes
Hill Yes
City Attorney Walden: I have analyzed the problems that might
confront an election official. I think one thing that will coma
up is . . . .do you let a person vote if their name is not on the
registration list or roll? I imagine that you will have people
show up who have a little card that Mary gave them some years
ago showing that they were registered, but you can't find their
_ name on the registration list.
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City Attorney Walden: Miss Thornhill sent out a questionaire
to every voter in this City the first part of the year, in com-
pliance with the state law. And , having done that, I must now
tell you that if a person's name is not on the registration
rolls do not let them vote under any circumstances.
The other problem that I would anticipath is the question of
challenging. What happens if a vote is challenged? You will
be furnished with forms that an elector must sign if he is
challenged. It is an oath that states that if he is challenged
he must meet all qualifications. The law states that if he is
challenged and he signs the oath he is entitled to vote. Then
the City has the duty of finding out whether he voted legally
or illegally.
Commissioner Tarpley: What about those people who are regis-
tered but they live outside of the City?
City Attorney Walden: If he is registered to vote then you must
let him vote, but the election officials have a right to challenge
him, because that is one of the grounds of his qualifications, that
he must be a Dania resident. If, after he is challenged, the voter
signs the oath and says that he is a resident of Dania and fully
qualified, then you have to let him vote.
From the audience: Some of these people on the West Side have
been registered for years but they tell me they did not receive
} their letter, and that they were dropped from the rolls.
City Attorney Walden: If you will bring me a list of names of
those people who say they were dropped from the rolls we will
check into it.
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Commissioner Grammer: Can a person,register to vote in Dania and
give a business address as his residence?
City Attorney Walden: No, if he does not live in Dania he cannot
vote in Dania.
Mayor Hill: It says that at 7:00 the doors to the polls shall be
closed. Does that mean the actual doors shall be closed? What
if there is a line of people out in front waiting to vote? How
do you determine where you cut that line off?
City Attorney Walden: The deputk should stand at the end of the
line at 7:00.
From the audience: Isn't there a law that says that no one shall
go into the voting booth and help a person vote.unless that person
:`. voting is blind or disabled in some way?
City Attorney Walden: Any elector in any election may request
assistance of two inspectors of his choice, or some other person
of his own choice, to assist him in operating the voting machine.
Mary Thornhill, City Clerk: I had a call from Helen LaBree. She
can't work on the board Tuesday.. We have three alternates in the .
South Precinct. I would like to know which one you would like me
to call.
Mayor Hill: The first name on the list.
Mary Thornhill: That would be Wilma Gudzowski.
There being no further business on. the agenda, the meeting adjourned.
Mary ;rnornhul -
Vera L. K111 City Clerk-Auditor
s.j Mayor-Commissioner -2-