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Dorchester County Council advances four charter amendments to elections board after posting error

Dorchester County Council · April 14, 2026
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Summary

After discovering an internal posting error that ran referendum notices for only two weeks instead of the five required, the Dorchester County Council unanimously advanced four charter amendment resolutions (Res. 688, 689, 686 and 687) to the elections board for the required five-week posting.

The Dorchester County Council voted to advance four charter amendment resolutions to the elections board for proper posting and placement on the ballot process after staff acknowledged an internal error in the prior posting schedule.

Clerk Miss Corners (agenda handling) explained the county had not run required referendum notices for the full five weeks last year, instead posting them for two weeks, creating a procedural deficiency that required the council to re-submit the referendums. The council moved to submit four…

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