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Brooklyn Park council unanimously adopts charter amendment requiring birth-year field on petition forms
Summary
The City Council approved Ordinance 2026 on second reading to add columns, including year of birth, to candidate and referendum petition forms to confirm signatories are qualified voters, passing 7-0 after brief questions on the state rule prompting the change.
The Brooklyn Park City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026 on second reading, amending the Home Rule Charter to add signature columns — including a space for a signatory’s year of birth — to nomination and referendum petition forms so the city can confirm signers are qualified voters.
Barbara Bora, vice chair of the city’s Charter Commission, said the change is administrative and called it "relatively straightforward" as a way…
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