Re: Show some Initiative! was: Recall Information for County Clerk

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Evan:

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:09:13 -0700 (MST), you wrote:

>
>If you want Trustworthy Elections, instead of punishing
>personalities, why not spend the same effort collecting signatures
>for an initiative for what you want?
>
>If you want hand counting, then we'd have a great chance. We already
>have 140 people who volunteered to hand count for 1000+ hours, so
>I'd expect we'd have plenty to pass the petition
>
>These people include City Council member Crystal Gray, professor
>emeritus Al Bartlett, Sheila Horton, executive director of the
>Boulder County Apartment Association, most of us, and other
>well-known people I've forgotten (I have their emails but not names
>because petitionsonline.com recently axed my inactive petition
>without warning)
>
>Seems I recall a County initiative is actually fairly easy compared
>to a City one. That's not total recall.

To the best of my knowledge it is City initiatives that are relatively easy
(it's in the charter) and County initiatives are not even legal.

The County Commissioners, of course, have the power of the "referred
measure" (e.g. 1A, 1B, 1C) but the citizens of Boulder County do not have
that authority (to the best of my knowledge).

Ralph Shnelvar

>
>Evan
>
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