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SRP board members establish policy, approve annual budgets and set prices and fees. Council members serve as liaisons to electors and shareholders, amend and enact bylaws, and make appointments to fill vacancies on the SRP boards and councils.
Eligible voters may vote in person at a Voting Center that will be available at the SRP Administration Building, located at 1521 N. Project Drive in Tempe. The Voting Center will be open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., from March 26 through April 2, and from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Election Day, April 3.
Voting by mail is also available to qualified voters who make a verbal, written or electronic request for an official early ballot to be mailed. Requests for early ballots are now being accepted by the SRP Corporate Secretary’s Office between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, until March 23. To request an official early ballot, call the SRP Elections Information Line at (602) 236-3048, or visit the SRP elections website at www.srpnet.com/elections.
District positions up for election are: One board seat in each of voting divisions 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and two at-large board seats 11 and 13; and three council seats in each of voting divisions 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. All District positions have four-year terms.
Available Association positions are: One board seat in each of voting districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9; and three council seats in each of voting districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9. All Association positions have four-year terms.
Following is the final list of candidates for the 2012 SRP elections, which was posted today at www.srpnet.com/elections:
Candidates for the District and Association board positions are:
- Seat 1 -- Kevin J. Johnson, Larry D. Rovey (incumbent);
- Seat 3 -- Mario J. Herrera (incumbent);
- Seat 5 – Stephen H. Williams;
- Seat 7 – Keith Woods (incumbent);
- Seat 9 – Arthur L. Freeman (incumbent).
Candidates for the District board at-large positions are:
- Seat 11 – Bert Millett, Carolyn Pendergast (incumbent);
- Seat 13 – Fred Ash (incumbent), Christopher J. Dobson.
Candidates for the District and Association council positions are:
- Seat 1 – Eldon R. Hart (incumbent), Ron Kolb, John R. Starr (incumbent);
- Seat 3 – Aaron M. Herrera (incumbent), Richard “Rick” W. Swier (incumbent), Paul A. Van Hofwegen (incumbent);
- Seat 5 – John R. Augustine (incumbent), K. Richard “Rick” Hornback, Edward “Eddie” Johnson, John Weston “Wes” Lines, John R. “Rocky” Shelton (incumbent);
- Seat 7 – Mark Lewis (incumbent), Barry Paceley, Harmen Tjaarda (incumbent);
- Seat 9 – Robert C. Arnett (incumbent), W. Curtis Dana (incumbent), Laron J. DeWitt (incumbent).
There will also be a proposition for voters to consider on the Association ballot regarding proposed amendments for voter qualifications.
Two District at-large board seats 11 and 13 are elected on a one-landowner, one-vote basis. All other seats are elected on a one-vote-per-acre voting system. For example, an owner of five acres of land has five votes; an owner of one-half acre has half a vote. Voters in the District election must be qualified, registered Arizona voters.
More information is available by visiting SRP’s elections information page at www.srpnet.com/elections or by calling SRP’s Elections Information Line at (602) 236-3048, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SRP is the largest provider of water and power to the Phoenix metropolitan area.
