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RE SOLUTION NO . V
SERIES OF 1994
A RESOLUTIO N DECLARING THE ENGLEWOOD CITY COUNCIL OPPOSITION TO
AMENDMENT 12, WHICH WILL APPEAR ON THE NOVEMBER 8, 1994 GENERAL
ELECTION I! '1.LOT.
WHEREAS , Amendment 12 would open the initiative, referendum and rocall petition
process to wideJpread fraud by making signature validation on such petitioM virtually
'lllworkable; and
WHEREAS, by removing r.ritical voter ide ntification and anti .fraud requirements,
thuo pe·rmitting non •residenta to sign petitions, Amendment 12 would impair local voten
control of their initiative, referendum and recall processes ; and
WHEREAS, \mendment 12 could potentially open every governmental action,
including bid awards, penonnel matten and permit decisions to petition, expensive
dolays and endless elections ; and
WHEREAS, Amendment 12's reduced signature and anti•fraud requirem• .,ta,
combin ed with manated delays of effective dates would provide a potent tor: to small
political cliques that want to frustrote or delay public projects; and
WHEREAS , taxpayers would be forced to pay for printing of pet '~o ns and provision of
oth er services t..o private petitioners; and
WHEREAS , Amendment 12 contain s numerous provisions designed to prevent voters
from recei ving objective information con ce rning a ballot issue or its fiscal impact from
their local governments; and
WHEREAS , Amen dm ent 12 will dive rt tax dollars away from public purposes and into
the pockets of ballot issue promoters and political candidates via a campaign contributon
tax credit; and
WHEREAS , Amendment 12 is so ambiguous and badly written that thousands of
taxpayer dollan in attorney fees and court time will be required to determine what it
actually mean s ;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD , CO LORADO, THAT :
~-Amendment 12 is hereby oppo sed because it would be severely detrimental to
the City of Engl ewood and its citizens.
~-Citizens a r e encouraged to becom e fully info rm ed about all of the details of the
Amen dm ent and its effects on th em , their community and thei r state before voting on
November 8, 1994 .
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~ The citizen, of the City of Enclewood are encoi.rqed to vote "NO" on Amendment 12.
ADOPI'ED AND APPROVED this 17th day of October,
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1, Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk fo,r_the City of Englewood, Color
above is a true copy of Resolution No.~ Series of 1994.
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