HomeMy WebLinkAboutReports - 2005.10.06 - 8627REPORT
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS – APPOINTMENT TO THE CANVASSING BOARD
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed the expired appointments on the Canvassing Board
and the recommendations by Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds, Ruth Johnson, Dennis Cowan,
Chairman of the Republican Party and Commissioner David Woodward, Chairman of the Democratic Party,
recommends the filling of the seats, as follows:
Canvassing Board (Four-year terms ending October 31, 2009)
C. Elaine Skarritt, Republican Rep.
Michael Gracey, Democratic Rep.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Copy of letters from Ruth Johnson, Clerk/Register of Deeds, Dennis G. Cowan, Chairman Oakland County
Republican Party, and David Woodward Chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party on file in County
Clerk’s office.
Report October 6, 2005
Moved by Patterson supported by Hatchett the General Government Committee Report be accepted.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the report was accepted.
Chairperson Bill Bullard asked if there were any other nominations. There were none.
The vote for members of the Canvassing Board as a result of a paper ballot vote reads as follows:
Democratic Candidates Republican Candidates
Michael Gracey 17 C. Elaine Skarritt 23
Gerald Letcher 4 James Aldrich 1
Joe Woods, Jr. 0 Joan Larson 0
Moved by Patterson supported by Hatchett the appointments of Michael Gracey as the Democratic
Representative and C. Elaine Skarritt as the Republican Representative to the Canvassing Board for a Four
Year Term ending October 31, 2009, be confirmed.
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the appointments of Michael Gracey and C. Elaine Skarritt to the
Canvassing Board for a Four Year Term ending October 31, 2009, were confirmed.