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City council denies protest over ballot title for citizen-initiated charter amendment
Summary
The city council voted to deny a protest that challenged the council’s use of a resolution to set the ballot title for a citizen‑initiated home‑rule charter amendment on election methods, rejecting arguments that an ordinance was required despite calls to revise the process for future petitions.
The City Council on Thursday denied a protest challenging the council’s use of a resolution to set the ballot title for a citizen‑initiated home‑rule charter amendment on the city’s method of elections, and directed staff to certify the title for the November ballot.
The protest, filed Sept. 3 by a registered elector identified in the hearing as Mr. Kaplan, argued that state law requires the governing body to adopt an ordinance rather than a resolution when submitting a charter amendment to voters. Deputy City Attorney Victoria McDermott told the council the protest challenged the council’s legislative process rather than the wording of the ballot title and therefore fell outside the scope of the local protest procedure.
McDermott said…
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