Item 6: Ordinance Revising Elections Code

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ATTACHMENT C Motions to Amend Proposed Revisions to Elections Code 1.Motion One attempts to clarify the term “immediately” in section 2.973(2). I move to amend proposed subsection 2.973(2) by inserting a comma following the word “shall” and substituting the following language for the word “immediately:” “as soon as possible,” 2.Motion Two eliminates the code language that gives the city council discretion not to publish a voters’ pamphlet when a city measure is on the ballot. The effect of this motion is to require that the City publish a voters’ pamphlet every time a city measure is on the ballot. I move: a.To amend proposed subsection (2) of section 2.993 to read as follows: “The city manager shall publish and distribute a local voters’ pamphlet for each election in which a city measure is on the ballot.” b.And to amend proposed section 2.997 to delete the language: “Unless the council has determined that a voters’ pamphlet is not warranted under section 2.993(2) of this code,” and to substitute a capital “N” for the lowercase “n” beginning the word “no” following the deleted language. 3.Motion Three amends the Code to require the City to publish a voters’ pamphlet any time a candidate for city council, mayor or EWEB wants to include a candidate statement in the city voters’ pamphlet, even if a city measure is not on the ballot. Part (a) of this motion makes the substantive change requested, the other parts of the motion are necessary to update related code provisions to reflect the substantive change. I move: a. To insert the following subsection (4) into proposed section 2.993, after subsection (3): “If a candidate for city office wishes to publish a statement in the city voters’ pamphlet for an election at which no city measure is submitted for a vote, the city manager shall publish a voters’ pamphlet containing candidate statements submitted pursuant to subsection (3) of this section. Candidate statements to be published pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted to the city recorder not less than 70 days prior to the date of the election for which the voters’ pamphlet is th . publishedIf the city recorder does not receive a candidate statement by the 70 day prior to the election, the city manager shall not publish a voters’ pamphlet pursuant to this subsection.”