Ordinance No. 20030 - Laserfiche WebLink

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prior to the date of the election. Any rebuttals to the arguments shall be submitted 37 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 i n favor of the measure, and the rebuttal to the argument i n opposition to the measure, shat 1 be submitted by one or more of the chief peti ti avers . The written argument i n opposition to the measure , and the rebuttal to the argument i n support of the measure, shal 1 be submitted by athree-person committee. The committee shal 1 be chosen by the city recorder by 1 of , at a ti me and p1 ace announced to al 1 applicants , from among persons who fi 1 e an application for a position on the committee wi thi n a ti me specified by the city recorder after appropriate notice of opportunity to apply. An applicant shat 1 certify under penalty of per jury that he or she i s a bona fide opponent to the measure. ~f no one applies for appointment to prepare the argument i n apposition, the voters' pamphlet shall sa state. ~ b ~ Ci t counci 1-referred measures . The written argument i n favor of the measure, and the rebuttal to the argument i n opposition to the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the city counci 1 ors who voted i n favor of the measure; except that i n the case of a measure referred an the recommendation of EWER, one or more members of the EWEB Board voting in favor of the measure sha11 be substituted for the city counci 1 ors . The written argument i n opposition to the measure, and the rebuttal to the argument i n support of the measure, shall be submitted by athree-person committee chosen i n the same manner as provided by paragraph ~ 1 } ~ a 7 of this subsection . ~c ~ Ci ti zen.. referred measures . The written argument i n favor of the measure, and the rebuttal to the argument i n opposition to the measure, shall be submitted by one or more of the city counci 1 ors who voted i n favor of the ordinance referred. The written argument i n opposition to the measure, and the rebuttal to the argument i n support of the measure, shal 1 be submitted by one ar more of the chief petitioners of the referral petition , so 1 ong as the persons who submit the argument and rebuttal first certify under pena 1 ty of perjury that they are bona fide opponents of the ordinance . I f the chief petitioners are not bona fide opponents fie. g . , i f they merely favor the opportunity to vote on the i ssue7 , the argument i n opposition to the measure, and the rebuttal to the argument in support of the measure, shall be submitted by a three- person committee chosen i n the same manner as provided by paragraph ordinance - 3