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Consider Directing the City Clerk to Work with the City Attorney in Crafting an Ordinance to Provide City Funding to Pay Administrative Election Costs to Reduce Financial Barriers of Running for Office. (Councilmember Daysog) [Not heard on December 6, 2016]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Tony Daysog
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 6:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): November 22, 2016
Council Meeting date: December 6, 2016
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral: Direct City Clerk to work with City Attorney in crafting an Ordinance to provide City funding to pay administrative election costs to reduce financial barriers of running for office focusing on these related items:
[A] (1) fully covering the direct and indirect City Clerk administrative electoral costs of eight City Council candidates and; and, (2) if there are more than eight candidates, apportioning the incremental cost above the cost covering the first eight candidates equally among all candidates.1
[B] (1) fully covering the direct and indirect City Clerk administrative electoral costs of four mayoral candidates and ; and, (2) if there are more than four candidates, apportioning the incremental cost above the cost covering the first four candidates equally among all candidates.
[C] (1) fully covering the direct and indirect City Clerk administrative electoral costs of four City Treasurer candidates and ; and, (2) if there are more than four candidates, apportioning the incremental cost above the cost covering the first four candidates equally among all candidates.
[D] (1) fully covering the direct and indirect City Clerk administrative electoral costs of four City Auditor candidates and ; and, (2) if there are more than four candidates, apportioning the incremental cost above the ...
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