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Charter review commission asks staff for clearer initiative rules, recommends 10% signature threshold
Summary
The Everett Charter Review Commission voted to ask city staff and legal to draft clearer language for Charter section 11.2.D, recommending the commission adopt a 10% signature threshold (up from the current 5%) for citizen initiatives to qualify for the ballot. An amendment to set 7% was defeated.
The Everett Charter Review Commission voted to ask city staff and the city attorney to draft clarifying language for Charter section 11.2.D and to include a recommended numeric threshold of 10% for qualifying citizen initiatives.
A committee member (Speaker 1) moved that staff prepare clearer language on how initiative petition thresholds are calculated and to propose a recommended percentage; Committee member (Speaker 13) seconded the motion. City staffer Jennifer (Speaker 10) told the commission that Everett’s current charter sets a 5% threshold measured as a percentage of votes cast in the last general city election, language that staff said has been ambiguous in past…
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