Item C: City of Eugene Elections Code Revision

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and/or type of candidate information, the city shall apply the criteria adopted by the state relating to candidate information in state [voter's] voters’ pamphlets. ([2]) 3 In addition, the [voter's] voters’ pamphlet also may contain[, either preceding or following the ballot titles and arguments for each measure,] other general information about the election process that may be economically feasible to publish. This information may include, but is not limited to, hours of operation and location of [polling places] sites available for ballot deposit, a sample ballot, requirements for a citizen to qualify as an elector, when an elector is required to re- register, how to register to vote, how an elector may obtain and use an absentee ballot, [a sample ballot,] how and where to obtain a replacement ballot and other relevant information, pictures, figures, and data relevant to the election. [Comment: The proposed amendments to section 2.994(1)(c) limit additional arguments to 325 words, which is the word limit imposed on candidate statements under the requirements of the current code. The proposed revisions attempt to take into account technological advances which, through reduced font size, could allow extremely long arguments to fit within the space limitations contained in current code and negatively impact readability of the argument. The proposed amendments attempt to ensure readability of arguments and citizens’ access to information while allowing interested parties space to make their arguments.] 2.996 [Voter's] Pamphlet - Submission of Arguments For or Against Voters’ Measure and Statements from Candidates. (1) Not less than [47] 56 days prior to the date of the election, the written arguments authorized by subsection 2.994(1)(b) of this code in favor of, and in opposition to[,] a measure[,] shall be submitted to the city recorder. [In the event that the election is by mail ballot, the arguments shall be submitted 54 days prior to the date of the election.] Any rebuttals to the arguments shall be submitted [37] not less than 46 days [(44 days for mail ballots)] prior to the date of the election. Such arguments and rebuttals shall be prepared and submitted in the following manner: (a) Citizen-initiated measures. The written argument in favor of the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in opposition to the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the chief petitioners. The written argument in opposition to the city measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by a three-person committee. The committee shall be chosen by the city recorder by lot, at a time and place announced to all applicants, from among persons who file an application for a position on the committee within a time specified by the city recorder after appropriate notice of opportunity to apply. An applicant shall certify under penalty of Proposed Revisions to Election Code with Commentary - Page 21 of 27 2/1/08 07 Elections Code - Prop. Revisions w-comments + (00192309)