File #: 061375    Version: Name: Elections Code Amendments
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 10/3/2006 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: Final action: 11/29/2006
Enactment date: Enactment #: 291-06
Title: Ordinance amending Sections 120, 200, 220, 300, 340, 500, 525, 530, 535, 545, 550, 590, and 610 of, and adding Section 815 to the Municipal Elections Code to: delete out-dated provisions relating to runoff elections; ensure that candidate statements are submitted in a uniform format; require that measures submitted by the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, or four or more Supervisors are submitted 95 days prior to the election; provide that failure to include an enacting clause in an initiative petition does not invalidate the petition; require the Department of Elections mail a voter information pamphlet to each registered San Francisco voter at least 29 days before an election; adjust the deadlines for ballot arguments and for the public review period to allow sufficient time for the voter information pamphlet to be prepared and mailed 29 days prior to the election; require ballot arguments to be submitted in a uniform format; provide a 24-hour period for the Ballot Simplification Committee to receive and act on written requests for the reconsideration of a digest; and clarify that candidates must file fees when submitting a candidate statement.
Sponsors: Sean Elsbernd
Attachments: 1. Leg_Ver1, 2. Leg_Final
Legislation Details
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