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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
I tern 4 a
Meeting Date--ZL26/88
ITEM TITLE: Report on verification of valid signatures on
Controlled Growth Management Initiative
SUBMITTED BY: City C1er
(4/55 Vote: Yes No X )
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On June 29, 1988, Dr. seph Cummings filed with this office a
petition regarding a Gro th Management Measure. He indicated that
the number of signatures totalled approximately 10,100. In order
to qualify the Measure on the ballot, 5,468 signatures are needed.
The signatures have been checked by the Registrar of Voters and
have been found to be sufficient to qualify the Measure on the
November 8, 1988 General Election.
RECOMMENDATION: The Council has the option of (1) either adopting
the ordinance without alteration or (2) order the Proposition to
be placed on the November 8, 1988 ballot.
DISCUSSION: As certified by the Registrar of Voters, the actual
count of the signatures was a total of 9,941. The number of
signatures needed to qualify for the ballot is 5,468. Because of
the number of signatures submitted (4,473 more than needed), I
ordered a random sampling of the signatures. As allowed by the
Ejections Code, the Registrar of Voters then checks a total of 500
~natures - 5% of those submitted.
As certified by the Registrar of Voters, out of the 500 signatures
which were checked, 369 signatures were valid - or a total of 74%
- and 131 were not valid.
The Elections Code states that the petition ;s sufficient if ttle
statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is
within 95% to 110% of the number of signatures of qualified voters
needed to declare the petition sufficient - in this case, the
proponents have filed approximately 134% "qualified" signatures.
The Registrar of Voters periodically reports the registration of
voters to the Secretary of State. On May 14,1988, the Registrar
of Voters certified to the Secretary of State that the number of
registered voters in Chu1a Vista was 54,677. Since the proponent's
initiative petition was published on March 10, 1988, this is the
registration figure we used in arriving at the percentages.
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Meeting Date 7/26/88
to the question of qualifying for a special election, the
proponents needed 8,202 si gnatures - or 15% of the regi stered
voters. If 15% of the signatures were validated, the Council would
then have to call a special election not less than 88 days nor
more than 103 days after the date of the order - in this case, it
wou1 d be between October 15 and October 30. However, wi th the
random sampling - 74% of the signatures being valid, this would
bring the total Iva1id" signatures at 7,356 or 846 short of the
15% required for a special election. Dr. Cummings has stated,
nevertheless, that he is not asking for a special election - his
intent is to have the Measure placed on the November 8,1988
ballot. Therefore, since more than 10% of the signatures have been
certified as valid, the petition does qualify for the November
ballot. As stated in the Recommendation, the Council now has the
following options:
(a) Introduce the ordinance without alteration at this regular
meeting and adopt the ordinance within 10 days: or
(b) Submit the ordinance, without alteration, to the voters at
the next regular municipal election occurring not less than 88
days after the order of this legislative body - which, in this
case, would be the November 8, 1988 General Election ballot.
(Sec. 4011)
FISCAL IMPACT: Not known at this time. The cost is pro-rated as
to the number of items that will appear on the ballot. We further
expect some Charter Amendments also to be placed on this ballot.
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