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Staff member outlines limits on referendum communications and committee use of staff time
Summary
A staff member briefed attendees on what committees and staff may and may not say about a local referendum, warning against direct advocacy, noting an unclear $2,500 reference, and advising that committee work should use personal rather than specific staff members' time.
A staff member advised participants that committees and staff must take care when communicating about an upcoming referendum, emphasizing they could not direct or encourage people to vote a particular way.
The presenter said the group should not attempt to "talk about this referendum and what it will do" on behalf of organizers and warned that pre-written messages from others "may not be the message that you wanna get out." The staff member…
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