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CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRES MAJORITY VOTE FOR
ELECTED POSITIONS, INSTANT RUNOFF
Question: Shall a provision be added to the Ashland City Charter
requiring majority vote and instant runoff voting for elected
positions?
Explanation: Current state law and Ashland Charter provisions
provide the candidate for elected office receiving the most votes
wins that office even if the candidate does not receive a majority of
the votes cast. This provision would amend the Ashland Charter to
provide that a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast in
order to be elected to office and would provide for a ranked ehoice
of candidates on each ballot so that run.off elections would not be
generally required. The City Council could temporarily suspend
the new election provisions for any election in which there are:
inadequate equipment and procedures to handle the instant nJnoff
voting; the City elections would not be conducted by the County
elections office; or, the instant runoff provisions would result in
excessive additional election costs to the City of Ashland.
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CITY OF
AS 1-1 LAN D
Memo
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
RE:
June 29, 2005
Legal Department
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
Prospective Initiative for Local Measure
I received in my office on June 22, 2005 a Prospective Petition for a Local Measure. After reviewing
the initiative, I find that the text of the proposed charter amendment complies with the procedural
constitutional requirements.
I am forwarding to you two copies of the prospective initiative petition for preparation of the ballot title.
Oregon law requires that the City Attorney has five business days to prepare a ballot title and file it with
the city elections official.
The ballot title is required to contain the following elements:
* A caption not to exceed 10 words. The caption must reasonably identify the subject of the initiative;
* A question not to exceed 20 words. The question must plainly phrase the chief purpose of the
initiative so that an affirmative response corresponds to a yes vote on the measure; and
* A summary of the prospective initiative not to exceed 175 words. The summary shall be concise and
impartial and summarize the measure and its major effect.
CITY RECORDERlTREASURER Tel: 541-488-5307
20 E Main Street Fax: 541-552-2059
Ashland, Oregon 97520 TTY: 800-735-2900
www.ashland.or.us
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21 June 2005
DRAFT Charter Amendment establishing a majority requirement with instant runoffvotin~ and
giving Council power to suspend implementation upon findings that IR V is not technically
feasible or too costly.
City of Ashland Charter Amendment - Measure _
Shall the Charter of the City of AsWand be amended to require that candidates receive a maiority
of the vote in order to be elected to the offices of mayor, recorder, parks commissioner, council
member, and municipal judge; provide that the city council shall adopt instant runoff voting in
order to determine a majority winner in a single election; and authorize the city council tQ
suspend implementation of the above amendments upon finding that there are not acceptable
voting systems and equipment that make instant runoff voting technically feasible, consolidation
of City elections with County elections will not remain feasible, or the city will incur (~xcessive
additional election costs?
Text of Charter Amendment
The People of the City of AsWand hereby amend the Charter of the City of AsWand to read as
follows:
ARTICLE VII - Elections shall be amended to add Section 9 to read as follows:
Section 9.
(1) Majority of the vote required for election. No one shall be elected to the offices of mayor,
recorder, parks commissioner, council member, or municipal judge of the City without having
received a majority of the votes cast for such office.
(2) Instant runoff voting defined, For purposes of this charter, "instant runoff voting" shall refer
to a voting system that, in a single election, allows voters to rank candidates in order of
preference and determines which candidate receives each voter's vote through a proc1ess by
which the least popular candidates are eliminated from consideration until two remain.
Notwithstanding any language in this charter to the contrary, once all candidates for an office
except two are eliminated from consideration, the candi~ate with the greater number iDf votes
shall be the winner.
(3) Instant runoff voting to be implemented, The city council shall codify procedures by which
instant runoff voting shall be used to determine the winner of all elections for which a majority
of the votes cast is required by Paragraph 1 of this section. The city recorder shall conduct voter
and community education to familiarize voters with instant runoffvoting,
(4) Council may suspend implementation. The city council may, at its discretion, suspend
implementation of this section upon its determination of one or more of the following: that a) the
voting equipment and procedures are not technically ready to handle instant runoff voting in
municipal elections; b) instant runoff voting will preclude the City from consolidating its
municipal elections with the County; c) instant runoff elections will result in excessive: additional
City election costs. SUCR SH-Spension shall be for a single election, after which this section shall
come back into force unless again suspended by an act of the city council.
PllOSPECTIVE PETITION FOR LOCAL l\1EASURE
~ INITIA 'fIVE D !{EFERENDUM
COUNTY CITY ASH (. AND DISTRICT
TO THE COUNTY ELECTIONS FILING OFFICER/CITY RECORDER (AUDITOR):
We. the undersigned, request the (circle one).district attorney /city attorney prepare a ballot title for the attached proposed
measure to be submitted to the people of (name of county / city / district)
DESIGNATING CHIEF PETITIONERS
Every petition shall designate not more than three persons as chief petitioners, setting forth the name, residence address
and title (if officer of s onsorin or anization) of each.
1.
NAME(PRINf)-PiJ.MEtA C - VAvRA- . SIGNATURE-':1,b. ~tW/l.'
RESIDENCEADDRESS ~800 Dt-AD 7/VDrAN MEI1(J/!../4L f?-j). A<;'HLAND. oR.. 17520
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MAILING ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT)
EMAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEBSITE --P~((\ @(iV. flet
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION (IF ANY)
DA Y TELEPHONE~8' g ~ 0 l.J 3 tj
2.
NAME (PRINT)
RESIDENCE ADDRESS
MAILING ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT)
EMAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEBSITE
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION (IF ANY)
SIGNATURE
DA Y TELEPHONE
3.
NAME (PRINT)
RESIDENCE ADDRESS
MAILING ADDRESS (IF DIFFERENT)
EMAIL ADDRESS AND/OR WEBSITE
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION (IF ANY)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CIRCULATORS
Only active registered voters of the county, city or district may sign a petition.
All signers on anyone signature sheet must be active registered voters of the same counO
It is advisable to have signers use a pen for signing petitions or for certifying petitions. n
Only one circulator may collect signatures on anyone sheet of a petition,
Each circulator must personally witness all signatures the circulator collects.
Circulators shall notfile a petition knowing it to contain a false signature,
Ci.rculators shall not knowingly make any false statement to any person who signs it or requests information about it. .._'
Circulators shall not attempt to obtain the signature of a person knowing that the person signi~eJ?~!tiQnjsnot'qtialif1ed to sign it.
C~rculators shall not offer money or any ,thing of value to another person to sign or nott;; a ~etition, .M:;.... ..__... ~ .'h _.......
CIrculators shall not sell or offer to sell sIgnature sheets. 1...."-~,_...-- .
Circulators shall not accept compensation to circulated a petition that is based on the number of signatures obtained.
Warning: Violations of the circulator requirements may result in conviction of a felony with a fine of up to $100,000 and/or prison for up
to five years.
SIGNATURE
DAY TELEPHONE
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNERS
Only active registered voters of the county, city or district may sign a petition. Sign your full name, as you did when you registered to
vote.
Please fill in the date on which you signed the petition, your printed name and your residence address in the spaces provided.
It is advisable to use a pen for signing petitions.
It is unlawful to sign any person's name other than your own. Do not sign another person's name under any circumstances.
It is unlawful to sign a petition more than once.
It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sign a petition when the person is not qualified to sign it.
SEL 370 REV 12/02 ORS 250.045; 250.165; 250.265; 255.135
'STATEl\fENT ONE OR MORE PETITIO,N CIRCULATORS WILL BE PAID
(Initiative/Referendum Only)
. DP,rospective .Petition (Initial filing with filing officer) I/We hereby declare one or more petition circulators will be
paid money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures o'f active registered voters on the attached petition.
I/We understand the filing officer must be notified not later than the tenth day after I/we first have knowledge or should
have had knowledge that no petition circulator will be compensated for obtaining signatures. By $igning this document, I
hereby state that no circulators will be compensated on this petition based on the nUlnber of signatures obtained by the
circulator.
D Completed Petition (Signatures 'Submitted for verification) By signing this document, I hereby state that no
circulators have been compensated on this petition based on the number of s~gnatures obtained by the circulator.
Signed *
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Date signed
* All chief petitioners for an initiative or referendum petiti6nmust sign this statement.
WARNING: Supplying false information on this form may result in conviction of a felony with a fine of up to $100,000 and / or prison for up to five years,
~.
STATEMENT NO PETITION CIRCULATORS WILL BE PAID
(Initiative /Referendum Only)
~ Prospective Petition (Initial filing with filing officer) I/We hereby declare no petition circulators will be paid
money or other valuable consideration for obtaining signatures of active registered voters on the attached petition. I/We
understand the filing officer must be notified not later than the tenth day after I/we first have knowledge or should have
had knowledge that any petition circulator will be compensated for obtaining signatures. By signing this document I hereby
state that no circulators will be compensated on this petition.
D Completed Petition (Signatures submitted for verification) By signing this document, I hereby state that no
circulators were compensated for obtaining signatures on the attached petition.
xl<.. V ., A SHL AND C Hl-lt<...7 if<.- A IvI E N jJ MEN',
Identify Petition
(Subject of Initiative or Referendum Petition)
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Signed(_+.-./ -1 t,{1( . atI/t.<--
Date signed 6 /:2:2/1)5'
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Date signed
Date signed
* All chief petitioners for an initiative or referendum petition must sign this statement.
WARNING: Supplying false information on this form may result in conviction of a felony with a fine of up to $100,000 and / or prison for up to five years, I
SEL 301 REV 12/02
ORS 250.045, ORS 250.165, ORS 250.265, ORS 255.135
Fax
CITY OF
ASHlLAND
DATE:
July 8, 2005
TO:
Legal Classified,
Daily Tidings (776-4369)
FROM:
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
RE:
Notice of Receipt of Ballot Title
TOTAL PAGES:
2 (includes cover)
PUBLISH:
July 11, 2005
BILLING INFO:
Daily Tidings: Bill to PO 69455
See attached notice for publishing on July 11,2005. Please call 488-5307 to verify receipt of this
request.
Thank You.
ri.
Office of the City RecorderlTreasurer Tel: 541-488-5307
20 East Main Street Fax: 541-488-5311
Ashland, Oregon 97520 TTY: 800-735-2900
www.ashland.or.us
christeb@ashland.or,us
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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE
FILED IN THE CITY OF ASHLAND
July 7,2005
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a ballot title meeting the requirements of sf~ction
1(2)( d), Article IV of the Oregon Constitution (one subject) has been filed with the City
Recorder.
The ballot title has been prepared by the City Attorney and is as follows:
CAPTION: CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRES MAJORITY VOTE FOR ELECTED
POSITIONS, INSTANT RUNOFF
QUESTION: Shall a provision be added to the Ashland City Charter requiring majority vote and
instant runoff voting for elected positions?
EXPLANATION:
Current state law and Ashland Charter provisions provide the candidate for
elected office receiving the most votes wins that office even if the
candidate does not receive a majority of the votes cast. This provision
would amend the Ashland Charter to provide that a candidate must receive
a majority of the votes cast in order to be elected to office and would
provide for a ranked choice of candidates on each ballot so that runoff
elections would not be generally required. The City Council (;ould
temporarily suspend the new election provisions for any election in which
there are: inadequate equipment and procedures to handle the instant
runoff voting; the City elections would not be conducted by the County
elections office; or, the instant runoff provisions would result in excessive
additional election costs to the City of Ashland.
ANY ELECTOR DISSATISFIED WITH THE BALLOT TITLE may petition the Circuit Court
seeking a different title and stating the reasons the title filed is insufficient, not concilse or unfair.
Petition must name as respondent the City Attorney and must be filed no later than 1the 7th day
after ballot title is filed with the City Recorder, July 14, 2005. The court shall revievv the title
and measure to be initiated or referred, hear arguments, if any, and certify to the city elections
officer a title for the measure which meets the requirements of ORS 250.035.
AN ELECTOR FILING A PETITION shall notify the city elections officer in writing that the
petition has been filed. The notice shall be given NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on the next business
day following the day the petition is filed. ORS 250.296 92.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
Publish: July 11. 2005
CITY OF
ASHlLAND
Fax
DATE:
July 8, 2005
TO:
Legal Classified,
Daily Tidings (776-4369) L\~d- ~~S
FROM:
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
RE:
Notice of Receipt of Ballot Title
TOTAL PAGES:
2 (includes cover)
PUBLISH:
July 11, 2005
BILLING INFO:
Daily Tidings: Bill to PO 69455
See attached notice for publishing on July 11,2005. Please call 488-5307 to verify receipt of this
request.
Thank You.
r:.
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Office of the City RecorderfTreasurer Tel: 541-488-5307
20 East Main Street Fax: 541-488-5311
Ashland, Oregon 97520 TTY: 800-735-2900
www.ashland.or.us
christeb@,ashland.or.us
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE
FILED IN THE CITY OF ASHLAND
July 7, 2005
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a ballot title meeting the requirements of section
1(2)( d), Article IV of the Oregon Constitution (one subject) has been filed with the City
Recorder.
The ballot title has been prepared by the City Attorney and is as follows:
CAPTION: CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRES MAJORITY VOTE FOR ELECTED
POSITIONS, INSTANT RUNOFF
QUESTION: Shall a provision be added to the Ashland City Charter requiring majority vote and
instant runoff voting for elected positions?
EXPLANATION:
Current state law and Ashland Charter provisions provide the candidate for
elected office receiving the most votes wins that office even if the
candidate does not receive a majority of the votes cast. This provision
would amend the Ashland Charter to provide that a candidate must receive
a majority of the votes cast in order to be elected to office and would
provide for a ranked choice of candidates on each ballot so that runoff
elections would not be generally required. The City Council could
temporarily suspend the new election provisions for any election in which
there are: inadequate equipment and procedures to handle the instant
runoff voting; the City elections would not be conducted by the County
elections office; or, the instant runoff provisions would result in excessive
additional election costs to the City of Ashland.
ANY ELECTOR DISSATISFIED WITH THE BALLOT TITLE may petition the Circuit Court
seeking a different title and stating the reasons the title filed is insufficient, not concise or unfair.
Petition must name as respondent the City Attorney and must be filed no later than the 7th day
after ballot title is filed with the City Recorder, July 14, 2005. The court shall revie,;v the title
and measure to be initiated or referred, hear arguments, if any, and certify to the city elections
officer a title for the measure which meets the requirements of ORS 250.035.
AN ELECTOR FILING A PETITION shall notify the city elections officer in writing that the
petition has been filed. The notice shall be given NO LATER THAN 5 p.m. on the next business
day following the day the petition is filed. ORS 250.296 ~2.
Barbara Christensen, City Recorder/Treasurer
Publish: July 11, 2005
Cly"r OF
ASHIJAND
July 11, 2005
Pamela Vavra
2800 Dead Indian Memorial Rd
Ashland, OR 97520
Dear Chief Petitioner,
I have reviewed the text for a prospective initiative for local measure and find that it cornplies with the
procedural constitutional requirements.
The prospective petition is now being forwarded to the City Attorney for preparation of the ballot title
and filing with my office.
If you have any questions, or require further information, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Barbara Christensen
City Recorder/Treasurer
CITY RECORDERlTREASURER
20 E Main Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
www.ashland.or.us
Tel: 541-488-5307
Fax: 541-552-2059
TTY: 800-735-2900
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CIT1f OF
ASH [.tAN D
July 20, 2005
Pam Vavra
2800 Dead Indian Road
Ashland, OR 97520
Dear Chief Petitioner,
I have reviewed the text of the initiative petition to assure that the text read exactly the same and is
formatted the same as the text submitted with the prospective petition. I have also reviewed the cover
and signature sheets for compliance with the city petition requirements.
Your initiative petitions are approved for circulation.
If you have any questions, or require further information, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Barbara Christensen
City Recorder/Treasurer
CITY RECORDERlTREASURER Tel: 541-488-5307
20 E Main Street Fax: 541-552-2059
Ashland, Oregon 97520 TTY: 800-735-2900
www.ashland.or.us
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