City and County of Denver - File #: 22-0875

• File #: 22-0875
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/21/2022
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 8/15/2022
• Final action: 8/15/2022
• Title: A bill for an ordinance submitting to a vote of the registered electors of the City and County of Denver at a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with the coordinated election on November 8, 2022, a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver concerning election procedures. Submitting to a vote of the registered electors of the City and County of Denver at a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with the coordinated election on November 8, 2022, a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver concerning election procedures. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 7-26-2022.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/16/2022	1	Mayor	signed
8/15/2022	1	Council President	signed
8/15/2022	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
8/8/2022	1	City Council	ordered published
7/26/2022	1	Finance & Governance Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 7-21-22

Requesting Agency: Denver City Council
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name: Councilmember Kendra Black
Email Address:
Phone Number:

Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance submitting to a vote of the registered electors of the City and County of Denver at a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with the coordinated election on November 8, 2022, a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver concerning election procedures.
Submitting to a vote of the registered electors of the City and County of Denver at a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with the coordinated election on November 8, 2022, a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver concerning election procedures. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 7-26-2022.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide?

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify ballot title language requirements for municipal elections in Denver such as single subject requirement, ballot title settings, candidate timeline updates, and moving the fixes for the referendum issues to ordinance.

See attached powerpoint slide for more information on the proposed changes.

Address/Location (if applicable):

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