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Board debates residency and voter-registration language for charter; motion made to require 'lawfully registered' status
Summary
Members discussed edits to Section 16 to require that elected officials be 'lawfully registered' to vote and to set a six-month residency requirement in the city and ward; a motion to adopt the 'lawfully registered' wording was moved and seconded and remains under deliberation.
Members reviewed proposed charter edits clarifying qualifications for municipal office. The draft language clarifies the commission’s composition (four ward commissioners plus a mayor) and proposes that ward commissioners "shall reside in the ward no less than 6 months" and the mayor "shall have resided not less than 6 months in the city."
On registration language, a board member moved to…
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