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City of Asheville Charter Amendment

Shall the Ordinance (City of Asheville Ordinance No. 4603 adopted by the City Council of the City of Asheville on July 25, 2017), amending Section 6 of the Charter of the City of Asheville, as set forth below, to provide for six single-member electoral districts governing the nomination and election of Asheville City Council members, be approved?

“Except as otherwise herein provided in this Charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in a council of a mayor and six councilmembers, all nominated and elected in the manner hereinafter provided. The City shall be divided into six, single-member, electoral districts, to govern the nomination and election of city council members. A candidate who seeks office shall represent the district in which the candidate resides. The qualified voters of each district shall nominate and elect candidates who reside in the district for the seat apportioned to that district. The mayor shall be nominated and elected from the City at large, in accordance with N.C.Gen.Stat.§101(8)a. The mayor and members of the council, and all other officers, elected under the provisions of this Charter, shall at the time of their election be qualified electors of the City of Asheville. The term of the mayor and councilmembers shall begin at the first regular meeting of the city council next following their election as set forth hereinafter. The term of office of the mayor and six councilmembers shall be four years, and shall be so staggered that the terms of office of three councilmembers shall expire every two years. Said staggered terms shall begin following the election of 2019, with those three persons elected to council who receive the highest number of votes of the entire council to serve four year terms to expire in 2023, and the other three persons elected to council to serve two year terms to expire in 2021. Commencing with the 2021 election, all terms of office for council members shall be four years. The person elected as mayor at the 2017 election shall serve a four year term of office, with the next Mayoral election being in 2021, and for four year terms thereafter. A mayor or member of council ceasing to possess any of the qualifications specified in this section, or the qualifications which applied at the time that person took office if different than here, shall immediately forfeit office.”

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About Virginia Daffron
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