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CASE #1 <br /> <br />RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION RELATING TO CHARTER AMENDMENTS <br /> By: Jo Thieling, CiD' Clerk <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />As the Charter is aware, a special election was held on November 6, 2001. Following are the <br />results of that election. <br /> <br />QUESTION ONE <br />Shall the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey be amended to require that four <br />Councilmembers be elected from wards and two elected at large? <br />P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Total Percent <br />Yes 3'12 426 383 433 326 312 579 439 3,210 70% <br />No 136 191 252 177 152 125 167 159 1,359 30% <br /> <br />QUESTION TWO <br />Shall the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey be amended to require a primary <br />election for the selection of two nominees for each elective office at the regular municipal <br />election, unless two nominees or fewer file for each elective office? <br />P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Total Percent · <br />Yes 285 389 340 399 322 383 547 390 3,055 66% <br />No 158 222 289 209 149 151 192 197 1,567 34% <br /> <br />.QUESTION THREE <br />Shall the Home Rule Charter of the City of <br />Chapter 15 which permits the City Council by <br />Comprehensive Plan by a majority vote of all its <br />members. <br /> v~ _v2 P_! P_~4 P__~5 <br />Yes 250 324 277 322 261 241 <br />No 201 292 355 285 217 194 <br /> <br />Ramsey be amended by the adoption of <br />resolution to adoPt and amend the City's <br />members, as opposed to a 2/3 vote of all its <br /> <br />P7 P8 Total Percent <br />475 337 2,487 55% <br />270 252 2,066 45% <br /> <br />QUESTION FOUR <br />Shall the Home Rule Charter of the City of Ramsey 'be amended to provide that the <br />required number of signatures for initiative and referendum petitions be increased from at <br />least ten percent to at lease twenty percent of the registered voters at the time of the last <br />citywide election? <br />PI P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 T o t a I P e r c e n t <br />Yes 295 387 365 393 304 263 503 366 2,876 . 63% <br />No 154 230 270 217 174 174 243 226 1,688 37% <br /> <br />I IRA_ESI WOL 1 htsersUThieling[@,JOICOUNCIL& [CHARTERCI200 ! MmendmenttoCharterflwngelection ! ! 290 l.doc I 1/26/01 <br /> <br />-19- <br /> <br /> <br />