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Bowie council adopts election-code update, strikes provision converting unpaid invoices to contributions
Summary
The Bowie City Council unanimously adopted amended ordinance O-02-26 to align city election rules with charter changes and removed a provision that could convert unpaid vendor invoices into campaign contributions; the council also debated whether to keep write-in ballots or require pre-filing.
The Bowie City Council on Monday unanimously adopted amended ordinance O-02-26 to update the city's election code, removing a sentence that would have converted unpaid invoices into campaign contributions and aligning local rules with charter changes the council approved in January.
Acting Mayor Wolfley presided over the meeting and called for discussion after staff presented the ordinance and the city attorney summarized two contested sections: the unpaid-debt…
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