File #: 020888    Version: Name: Charter Amendment - Assistance to Elections Department
Type: Charter Amendment Status: Passed
Introduced: 5/20/2002 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: Final action: 7/22/2002
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Charter amendment (Fifth Draft) to amend sections 13.103.5, 13.104.5, 15.100 and 6.102 to clarify that said section does not prohibit City personnel from providing to the Department of Elections services that are indistinguishable from services provided to other City departments and unrelated to the conduct of elections; authorize the Board of Supervisors to grant a waiver, applicable before, during and after election day, to the prohibition on use of City employees; eliminate the requirement that, prior to seeking a waiver from the Board of Supervisors, the Elections Commission make a finding that the Department of Elections will not have adequate staffing to conduct an election without the waiver; specify that the Sheriff is responsible for transporting voted ballots and other documents and devices used to record votes from the polls to the central counting location and approving a security plan; and eliminate some of the restrictions that apply to members of the Ethics Commission, Elections Commission, and the City Attorney.
Sponsors: Tom Ammiano
Attachments: 1. Legislation_Ver1, 2. Legislation_Ver2, 3. Legislation_Ver3, 4. Legislation_Ver4, 5. Legislation_Ver5
Legislation Details
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