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City solicitor recommends removing petition-signature limit from charter; committee refers amendment to council
3145808 · April 29, 2025
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Summary
Legal staff recommended deleting a charter phrase that limits the number of candidate petitions a voter may sign; the committee voted to forward the charter amendment process to the city council for a public hearing and potential referendum.
City Solicitor David Sobchak told the Government Operations Committee on Aug. 5 that a provision in Article 6, Section 3 of the city charter limits the number of candidate petitions a single voter may sign to the number of vacancies for that office, and that the legal department views the provision as of…
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