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Committee Debates Recall and Initiative Thresholds; Members Urge Charter Alignment with State Law
Summary
Members discussed recall thresholds (25% of registered voters in last municipal election in charter vs. state law), initiative and referendum language (sections 45–47) considered confusing, and whether to keep detailed election procedure text in the charter or defer to municipal code and state statute.
The committee spent substantial time on Article 4 and related charter provisions that govern recalls, initiatives and referendums, and election procedures. Members questioned why the charter uses 25% of registered voters in the last municipal election as the recall threshold — wording that, as written, produces a substantially different signature requirement than state law, which uses ballots cast for the relevant office in the last election. Committee members noted that using registered voters produces a higher numerical bar than the…
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