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Rules Committee backs ordinance to bar multiple official ballot-argument submissions and require author certification
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance that would limit any person to one official proponent or opponent ballot argument per measure and require authors to certify they are not paid advocates for the opposite side; committee accepted a technical amendment clarifying consent requirements for named endorsers.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee on June 5 recommended that the full Board consider an ordinance to tighten rules for official ballot arguments in the voter handbook.
Supervisor Wiener, the ordinance’s author, told the committee the change is aimed at stopping what he described as ‘gaming’ of the lottery that selects official proponent and opponent arguments. Wiener said the current process allowed individuals to submit dozens of nearly identical arguments to overwhelm others in the lottery. He recounted a recent incident in which, he said, a…
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