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Election forum - University Heights Charter Amendments
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Candidate/Ballot Issue Forum
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Registration is not Required
About this event
The forum will be video-recorded for later viewing and posted on the LWVGC YouTube site (https://www.youtube.com/@lwvgreatercleveland) by midnight after the forum.
The final ballot language and summary of each amendment will be available online at VOTE411.org. Amendments will cover the following topics:
- Gender-Neutrality – replacing gendered terms and language throughout the Charter with gender-neutral and gender-inclusive terms and language.
- Department Name Modernization - updating and modernizing the names of administrative officers and departments.
- Recall Elections – changing the process of recall elections so that the recall or removal of an officer results in a vacancy.
- Initiative and Referendum - changing the number of signatures required on petitions for an initiative or referendum from a percentage of registered voters of the City to a percentage of the total ballots cast in the City’s last regular municipal election and adjusting such percentages.
- Council’s Presiding Officer -providing that the Vice Mayor shall preside at all meetings of Council.
- Anti-discrimination - prohibiting discrimination by the City.
The community is invited to submit questions for speakers beforehand by email to mbarnes@lwvgreatercleveland.org
Cosponsored by FutureHeights and Heights Libraries.
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