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Commission reviews election timeline and legal requirements for charter amendments
Summary
Commission staff walked members through constitutional and statutory deadlines for placing charter amendments on the ballot, Board of Elections filing rules, the requirement to provide full amendment text at polling places, and certification and contest periods following the vote.
The Charter Review Commission reviewed the election timetable and legal requirements the city must follow if City Council places the commission’s proposed charter amendments on the ballot.
Rebecca (staff member) walked commissioners through the sequence of constitutional and statutory references that determine deadlines, starting with “Article 18, Section 9” and its cross-reference to Section 8, then the Board of Elections’ filing timetable and the requirement to provide full copies of the amendments at polling places.
Rebecca said the charter and state rules together create a timeline:…
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