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File #: AB2024-210    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 3/11/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 4/9/2024 Final action: 4/9/2024
Enactment date: 4/9/2024 Enactment #: ORD 2024-022
Title: Ordinance calling for the election of Charter Review Commissioners at the November 2024 General Election
Attachments: 1. Agenda Bill Report, 2. Adopted Ordinance 2024-022, 3. Proposed Ordinance, 4. Notice of Action Proposed on 3.19.2024, 5. Notice of Action Taken on 4.9.2024
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Primary Contact Email:    DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Ordinance calling for the election of Charter Review Commissioners at the November 2024 General Election

 

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Whatcom County Charter Section 8.11 - Charter Review Commission Election and Period of Office:  At least every ten (10) years after the adoption of this Charter, the County Council shall cause an election of a Charter Review Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission. The Commission shall consist of fifteen (15) persons, an equal number from each Council district. There shall be no filing fee nor shall there be a primary. The qualified voters of the respective districts shall vote only for candidates from their district at the general election. Candidates’ names shall appear on all ballots as drawn by lot. The member of the Commission who receives the greatest number of votes shall convene the Commission. The term of office shall be one year. The Commission shall meet at such times and in such places as it deems appropriate upon having given public notice.

 

Registered voters who wish to represent their district on the 2025 Charter Review Commission must file a declaration of candidacy with the Whatcom County Auditor’s Office during filing week, May 6 - 10, 2024.

 




Whatcom County, Washington
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