Is there a special election in Denver's future? City Council gave preliminary approval to the idea last night, according to the Denver Post. From the article, "A Denver City Council committee tentatively approved a Jan. 30 special election Monday, a key step in a possible reform of the Election Commission. But the possibility of adding a $600,000 election will not go forward unless council members can agree on what question residents will vote on. A council committee is scheduled to decide that Thursday. It's all part of an effort to prevent another election with long lines and delayed voting tallies. But what to do and when to do it has become a tangled proposition for city officials examining different proposals...
"In looking at a special election, the council is trying to address two issues:
The first is the future of how the city will govern elections. The current system of two elected commissioners and a clerk and recorder appointed by the mayor has come under fire because of management problems, highlighted by last month's election.
But officials have not been able to agree on an alternative - or even if an alternative is needed.
"The city is considering three proposals that would scrap the commission and put elections under some form of a single, elected official. Another recommendation is expected Wednesday when Mayor John Hickenlooper's task force on the Election Commission wraps up.
"The second issue is timing. An overhaul of the Election Commission has to go before voters, but the city, by its charter, must elect two commissioners in May.
"If the council puts a restructuring question on the May ballot, it would result in the conundrum of residents voting for election commissioners as well as a referred question that would do away with the positions."
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Category: Denver May 2007 Election
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