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RESOLUTION FIXING THE BALLOT QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AS TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS, a petition for a proposed amendment to the Duluth City Charter changing the procedure for the election of the mayor and city councilors to a ranked choice voting system was presented to the Duluth charter commission and forwarded to the city council; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2015, the city clerk examined the petition and certified the petition to be sufficient.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the proposed Charter amendment changing the city’s election procedure for the city’s mayor and city councilors be submitted to the voters at the general election to be held on November 3, 2015.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the question submitted on the ballot read as follows:
Shall the Duluth City Charter be amended to adopt Ranked Choice Voting, also known as Single Transferable Vote, as the method for electing the mayor and the city councilors without a separate primary election and with ballot format and rules for counting votes to be adopted by ordinance?
Yes. ____
No. ____
A “Yes” vote means the Duluth City Charter will be amended to adopt Ranked Choice Voting as the method for electing the mayor and city councilors with the ballot format and rules for counting votes to be adopted by ordinance.
A “No” vote means the Duluth City Charter will not be amended to adopt Ranked Choice Voting as the method for electing the mayor and city councilors.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to fix the November 3, 2015, ballot question for voters to decide whether to adopt ranked choice voting for mayoral and city council elections.