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Residents urge council not to place retroactive resign-to-run charter amendment on ballot
Summary
About a dozen residents told the Richardson City Council they oppose a proposed charter amendment that would apply a resign-to-run rule retroactively, arguing it would be unfair, legally vulnerable and could function like a recall targeted at a single councilmember.
Dozens of residents asked the Richardson City Council not to place a retroactive "resign-to-run" proposition on the upcoming charter ballot, saying the measure would unfairly change the rules after candidates already filed and could remove a sitting council member without explicit voter intent.
Multiple speakers during the public-comment period named the proposal as their reason for attending. Elaine Campbell said the measure "would actually be a recall proposition targeting one city council person, Dan Barrios,"…
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