In 2017 voters approved 2Q, clean-up changes to 13 different Sections of the city charter. The following paragraph was tagged onto the end of Section 39:
“When examining the signatures on petitions, the clerk may verify signatures to the extent reasonably possible by comparison with the election records of the Boulder County Clerk as available, and comparison of signatures on a petition for duplication. Protests of petitions may be made as provided by Colorado law and rules adopted by the city manager.”
Although 2Q allowed for signature verification, the 2018 Campaign Finance/Elections Working Group (CFEWG) found this new part of Section 39 inadequate. CFEWG proposed adding Secretary of State records as another source for comparison purposes and proposed using Boulder Revised Code rather than city manager rules for petition protests. The petition protest would need to “be submitted by 40 calendar days after submittal of the petition to the clerk.” Instead of “the clerk may” verify signatures, the proposed language is now “the clerk shall” verify signatures.
Recommendation: for the measure
Yes, the city should verify signatures that charter requires petitioners to collect.
Let’s hope the city won’t need to propose more changes to Section 39 of the charter next year or council will look incompetent. Actually, Ballot Question 2E also proposes changes to Section 39, but those changes are not at odds with the proposed 2F changes so either or both of the ballot questions could pass or fail without harm to the other.
Website for the Yes Side - Campaign Finance/Elections Working Group
https://bouldercolorado.gov/elections/campaign-financeelections-working-group
Not so much a campaign website as a website tracking the progress of the working group
Website for the No Side
No known website – Info on an opponents’ website appreciated.
Approved Ballot Language
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2F – Charter Amendment for Initiative Petition Signature Verification
Shall Sections 39, 46, and 57 of the City Charter be amended pursuant to Ordinance 8273 to require the city clerk, to the extent reasonably possible and so as to ensure authenticity, compare the signatures on a petition to signatures with the election records of the Boulder County Clerk or the Secretary of State?
For the Measure ____
Against the Measure ____
See Ordinance No. 8273 to put Question 2F to the voters
https://bouldercolorado.gov/central-records/document-archive then click on Browse City Council Records > Ordinances > 2018 > 8273
“When examining the signatures on petitions, the clerk may verify signatures to the extent reasonably possible by comparison with the election records of the Boulder County Clerk as available, and comparison of signatures on a petition for duplication. Protests of petitions may be made as provided by Colorado law and rules adopted by the city manager.”
Although 2Q allowed for signature verification, the 2018 Campaign Finance/Elections Working Group (CFEWG) found this new part of Section 39 inadequate. CFEWG proposed adding Secretary of State records as another source for comparison purposes and proposed using Boulder Revised Code rather than city manager rules for petition protests. The petition protest would need to “be submitted by 40 calendar days after submittal of the petition to the clerk.” Instead of “the clerk may” verify signatures, the proposed language is now “the clerk shall” verify signatures.
Recommendation: for the measure
Yes, the city should verify signatures that charter requires petitioners to collect.
Let’s hope the city won’t need to propose more changes to Section 39 of the charter next year or council will look incompetent. Actually, Ballot Question 2E also proposes changes to Section 39, but those changes are not at odds with the proposed 2F changes so either or both of the ballot questions could pass or fail without harm to the other.
Website for the Yes Side - Campaign Finance/Elections Working Group
https://bouldercolorado.gov/elections/campaign-financeelections-working-group
Not so much a campaign website as a website tracking the progress of the working group
Website for the No Side
No known website – Info on an opponents’ website appreciated.
Approved Ballot Language
City of Boulder Ballot Question 2F – Charter Amendment for Initiative Petition Signature Verification
Shall Sections 39, 46, and 57 of the City Charter be amended pursuant to Ordinance 8273 to require the city clerk, to the extent reasonably possible and so as to ensure authenticity, compare the signatures on a petition to signatures with the election records of the Boulder County Clerk or the Secretary of State?
For the Measure ____
Against the Measure ____
See Ordinance No. 8273 to put Question 2F to the voters
https://bouldercolorado.gov/central-records/document-archive then click on Browse City Council Records > Ordinances > 2018 > 8273
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