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The conduct of all City elections shall be under the control of the Council and the Council may by ordinance, subject to the provisions of this Charter, provide for the holding of municipal elections. The provisions of State Law governing elections, where not in conflict with the provisions of this Charter, in force at the time of any City election, shall govern such City election in matters for which no provision is made in this Charter or by ordinance and the Council shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on or imposed by such laws; provided that where this Charter makes provisions relating to any matters contained in such State Laws, said Charter provision shall govern. The register of qualified electors of the City of Phoenix shall be compiled from the general county register, Maricopa County, Arizona, and the cancellations of registrations, Maricopa County, Arizona. The form of ballot shall be substantially as that prescribed by ordinance.

The Council shall be the canvassing board, which shall meet no earlier than the seventh day after the election and no later than the fifteenth day after the final unofficial election results are available to canvass the votes and announce and declare the results of such election.

(Election of 11-9-1971; election of 9-11-2007, § 2; election of 8-28-2018, eff. 10-24-2018)