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Commission debates signature caps and ballot deadlines for local nominations
Summary
Commission members questioned a proposed cap that would require nomination petition signatures to fall between 1% and 3% of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election and discussed whether to instead rely on the board of elections' limits and deadlines tied to state ballots.
The Charter Review Commission reviewed proposed language setting nomination petition signature requirements and debated whether the charter should cap signatures at a percentage of turnout or defer to the board of elections’ procedural limits.
Staff explained that the draft would set a range so that the required number of signatures for nomination petitions would be based on the number of electors who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election; the draft phrase discussed a floor of…
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