"(Articles 11 & 12) Initiative and recall - are the number of signatures required too high? Should they be based on actual voters or registered voters?"
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My proposed Ballot Initiative amendment to the County Charter:
Article 11 Section 11-1.3 is repealed.
Article 11 Section 11-3.2 is amended to read:
"Such petitions must be signed by registered voters numbering not less than five percent (5%) of the number of votes cast for Mayor in the last regular Mayoral election."Article 11 Section 11-4.1 is amended to read:
"1. Within one year after the filing with the clerk of the affidavit described in Section 11-2, all papers forming an initiative petition shall be assembled and filed with the county clerk as one instrument."Article 14 Section 14-1.2: the sentence:
"2. By petition presented to the council, signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the voters registered in the last general election, setting forth the proposed amendments."is amended to read:
"2. By petition presented to the council, signed by registered voters numbering not less than eight percent (8%) of the number of votes cast for Mayor in the last regular Mayoral election, setting forth the proposed amendments."Article 14 Section 14-1.3: the sentence:
"3. By petition presented to the county clerk, signed by not less than twenty percent (20%) of the voters registered in the last general election, setting forth the proposed amendments."is amended to read:
"3. By petition presented to the council, signed by registered voters numbering not less than ten percent (10%) of the number of votes cast for Mayor in the last regular Mayoral election, setting forth the proposed amendments."