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Las Cruces council finds referendum petition insufficient, leaves Realize Las Cruces ordinance in effect
Summary
The City Council voted to deny sufficiency of a petition to refer the Realize Las Cruces development code to a public vote after the city clerk validated 2,547 signatures, below the 3,240 required under the charter. Petitioners and supporters contended procedural errors and thrown-out signatures; council majority upheld clerk’s tally.
The Las Cruces City Council voted May 19 to deny the sufficiency of a petition seeking to put Ordinance 3090, known as Realize Las Cruces, on the ballot, leaving the ordinance in effect.
City Clerk Christine Rivera told the council the petition process produced a grand total of 2,547 valid signatures, below the charter-required 3,240. "So the grand total of valid signatures was 2,547, which was less than the 3,240 required," Rivera said during her presentation about the petition timeline and validation steps.
Petition organizers said the city’s handling of the…
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