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City clerk certifies referendum petition as sufficient; council faces repeal-or-election choice on April 8
Summary
City Clerk certified a referendum petition against Ordinance 25-16 (Karman Line annexation area) as sufficient with 19,863 valid signatures, above the 18,646 threshold; council will either repeal the ordinance or set a special election within 90 days unless protests change the count.
The City Clerk certified on April 1 that citizen petitioners submitted sufficient signatures to trigger the referendum process on ordinance 25-16, a measure related to the Karman Line annexation area. The certification sets a charter-driven deadline that gives the council two options at its April 8 meeting: repeal the ordinance or set a special election within 90 days.
Clerk’s findings: The clerk reported the petitioners turned in 31,817 signatures on Feb. 26. Staff completed a line-by-line verification and accepted 19,863 of those signatures as valid registered voters at the addresses listed; the clerk rejected 11,954 lines for reasons including name/address mismatches and nonresidency. The clerk said the…
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