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ORDINANCE: O-2004-38
SUBJECT: Placing two charter amendments on the special municipal election ballot.
RECOMMENDATION: Adoption of the attached ordinance.
SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER: The attached ordinance reflects the recommendations of staff in two areas of the charter: City Council-Qualifications for Office and Elections.
City Council - Qualifications for Office: The proposed city charter amendment clarifies that an individual announcing their candidacy, and during their term of office, must be a registered elector in the City of Lakewood. The Charter currently states that they must be a registered elector, but does not clarify that they need to be a registered elector in the City.
Elections: The Lakewood City Charter states that elections shall be held on the "first Tuesday following the first Monday" in November in odd-numbered years. TABOR provides that ballot issues concerning various fiscal matters be submitted to voters only on specified election dates, one of which is the "first Tuesday" in November of odd-numbered years. This has not been a problem since the enactment of TABOR, because the first Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years has always been preceded by a Monday. That will not be so in 2005 and again in 2011. Thus, coordinated elections conducted by the county clerk on the behalf of all cities in the county will be held on the first Tuesday in November.
There would be obvious issues of voter confusion and apparent government inefficiency in the conduct of two elections so close together on the calendar. In addition, being able to access voter equipment from the county one week after the coordinated election would be next to impossible, since the voter equipment may not yet be "cleared" from the recent election.
The proposed amendment would change the City Charter so that elections are held on the "first Tuesday" in November in odd-numbered years.
DATE OF FIRST READING: August 23, 2004
DATE OF SECOND READING: September 13, 2004
ORIGINATED BY: Margy Greer, City Clerk
STAFF PERSON RESPONSIBLE: Margy Greer, City Clerk, 303-987-7081
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED: Ordinance O-2004-38
Redline Version
SUBMITTED BY:
Margy Greer, City Clerk
REVIEWED BY:
Joni Inman, Director Mayor and City Manager's Office
Michael J. Rock, City Manager
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