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Eugene Charter <br /> <br />and voting at a council meeting. The chief petitioners for a protected ordinance shall include <br />with the prospective petition, a statement declaring whether the ordinance is proposed as a <br />regular ordinance or a protected ordinance. A petition for a protected ordinance and any <br />qualified ballot measure for a protected ordinance shall state that it is proposed as a protected <br />ordinance and shall explain the limitations on its repeal or amendment. <br /> <br />Chapter VIII <br /> <br />Elections <br /> <br />Section 33. Wards. The council shall divide the city into wards and redefine the boundaries <br /> thereof as necessary to accord persons in the city the equal protection of the laws. <br />No person may vote at a city election in a ward other than that in which he or she resides. <br /> <br />Section 34. Voters' Qualifications. No person may vote in a city election unless the person is <br /> a qualified voter of the state, and has resided in the city for the length of time that <br />state law requires a person to reside in the state to vote in a state election. No person may vote <br />for an officer to be elected under this charter by ward unless the person has resided in the ward <br />for the same length time required in the preceding sentence for a person to vote in a city election. <br /> <br />Section 35. Notice. The city manager or designee shall distribute information regarding <br /> officers to be elected and measures to be submitted ten days prior to the <br />distribution of ballots. The notice shall also state the ballot drop sites. <br /> <br />Section 36. <br /> <br />Nomination. Nomination of a candidate for an elective city office shall be by <br />petition, in a manner prescribed by ordinance. <br /> <br />Chapter IX <br /> <br />Public Improvements <br /> <br />Section 37. Procedure. The procedure for making, altering, vacating, or abandoning a public <br /> improvement shall be governed by general ordinance or, to the extent not so <br />governed, by the applicable general laws of the state, except that if a remonstrance is filed <br />against improvement or repair of a street or alley and is signed by the owners of a majority of <br />the parcels that would be assessed for the repair or improvement, no contract for the <br />improvement or repairs may be let until the city council reconsiders the necessity of the <br />improvement or repair. If, after the reconsideration, two-thirds of all councilors vote for the <br />improvement or repair, contracts for the improvement or repair may be let as if no remonstrance <br />had been filed. <br /> <br />- 10- 12/5/2002 <br /> <br /> <br />