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Committee seeks clearer ballot rules so highest vote-getters fill longest terms in multi-seat races
Summary
The committee debated and directed the attorney to draft succinct charter language saying that in elections with multiple commissioner seats of differing remaining terms, the candidates receiving the largest vote totals are assigned the longest terms corresponding to the vote order.
Members of the Melbourne Beach Charter Review Committee spent an extended portion of the Feb. 18 meeting debating how the charter should assign full and partial terms when multiple commissioner-at-large seats appear on the same ballot.
The committee proposed language to make clear that when both full and partial terms are on the ballot, "candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall be elected…
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