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Commission reviews proposal to lower petition threshold for referendums, tables the change
2956345 · March 4, 2025
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Commissioner John Levin proposed lowering the citizen-referendum signature threshold from 8% to 5%, reducing required petitioners and extending collection time; commissioners voted to table discussion.
Commissioner John Levin presented a proposed amendment to Section 4-10 of the Norwalk charter that would change the city—s citizen-referendum petition rules. Levin proposed lowering the signature threshold from 8% of registered voters to 5%, reducing the required number of initiating electors from five to four, increasing the filing…
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