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Charter commission debates two-step voting plan for March 19 ballot decisions
Summary
Members of the Mount Vernon Charter Review Commission read a formal voting procedure into the record and debated an amendment proposing a two-step vote — an initial selection of items on March 19 followed by a final vote after legal review and public hearings. No formal commission vote on the amendment is recorded in the transcript.
The Mount Vernon Charter Review Commission on March 5 read a proposed voting process into the record for items to be considered for the March 19 ballot and discussed whether to use a two-step voting approach.
The commission’s formal reading described procedures for March 19 that include 3-minute subcommittee presentations, a public-comment period with two minutes per speaker, and a roll-call vote conducted in alphabetical order with the chair voting last. The reading stated that an initiative “will be approved if it receives more yes than no votes from the commission members present” and that voting records will be made public.
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