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Eugene Election Code <br />Changes Proposed for February 2008 <br />2.985 Renumbered, no change <br />Init & Ref, Returns <br /> <br />2.986 Section renumbered, minor language revision. Increased clarity. <br />Init & Ref, Proclamation <br />by Mayor <br />2.987 Renumbered, minor language revision Increased clarity. <br />Init & Ref, Effective Date <br />of Measure <br />2.988 Renumbered, no change <br />Init & Ref, Conflicting <br />Measures <br />2.989 Init & Ref, New section number, minor language revision Increased clarity. <br />Unlawful Acts <br />2.990 -Notice Renumbered to 2.984 Creates chronological order among sections. <br />2.992 - Filing of Deleted Unnecessary provision because requirements of other <br />Measures provisions make situation non-existent. <br />Sections 2.993-2.1000 provide grammatical corrections to code provisions for voters’ pamphlets (voter’s changed to voters,’ consistent <br />with state); eliminate references to polling places; and standardize requirements for pamphlet submissions related to city and school <br />district measures and candidates. <br />? <br />2.993 Specifies Eugene and Bethel in references to school <br /> Increased clarity, consistency. <br />Voter’s Pamphlet districts 4J and 52. <br />? <br /> Removes reference to situation that could not exist <br />Voters’ Pamphlet Removes incorrect subsection references to timing for <br />given other code and state requirements (measures <br />elections. <br />could not be referred less than 55 days before an <br />Removes subsection (4). <br />election because they would not appear on the <br />Establishes due dates for school district submissions to <br />ballot) <br />pamphlet consistent with due dates for other pamphlet <br />? <br /> Because City candidates can participate in State <br />contents. <br />voters’ pamphlets (cities over 50,000 population), an <br />POLICY: <br />Establishes 56 days before the election as the <br />assumption has been made that Eugene would not <br />due date for pamphlet submissions. <br />choose to publish a pamphlet solely for another <br />agency’s candidates (EWEB). <br />? <br /> Uses 56 days (8 weeks) instead of 54, 55, or 47 <br />days as deadline for submissions to simplify <br />calculations, make deadlines easier for public to <br />remember and less awkward to calculate. <br /> <br />2/11//2008 p. 4 of 5 <br /> <br />