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Rules Committee advances ordinance letting voters opt out of printed voter guide; elections and environment staff testify
Summary
The committee advanced an ordinance to let voters opt out of receiving printed Voter Information Pamphlets and receive materials electronically, while Elections Commission representatives warned about voter-contact-data privacy and the Department of the Environment highlighted waste savings.
The Rules Committee advanced an ordinance to amend San Francisco’s municipal elections code to permit voters to opt out of receiving the printed San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet (VIP) and instead receive materials digitally.
Ted Walter, representing the item sponsor, said the measure would require the Department of Elections to establish an opt-out process allowing voters to receive election materials by email or to access them online. The…
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