Vacancy-in-candidacy procedures
Summary
If candidates drop out of a race and leave only one qualifying, the charter currently reopens qualifying — even possibly a week before an election, when ballots are already printed. The committee wants a fix bundled with the qualifying period change.
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Last discussed Mar 25, 2026.
Impact analysis
Voters and election staff, who avoid last-minute ballot chaos when candidates withdraw.
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