City of Annapolis - File #: CA-2-15

• File #: CA-2-15
• Version: 1
• Type: Charter Amendment
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 10/5/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/23/2015
• Final action: 11/23/2015
• Title: Charter Amendment, Board of Supervisors of Elections - For the purpose of changing the deadlines for designating and appointing members to the Board of Supervisors of Elections.
• Sponsors: Michael J. Pantelides
• Indexes: Board of Supervisors of Elections, Rules and City Government Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/23/2015	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
11/23/2015	1	City Council	adopt on third reader	Pass
11/10/2015	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
10/26/2015	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
10/15/2015	1	Board of Supervisors of Elections	recommend favorably
10/12/2015	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
10/12/2015	1	City Council	refer

Title
Charter Amendment, Board of Supervisors of Elections - For the purpose of changing the deadlines for designating and appointing members to the Board of Supervisors of Elections.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Charter Amendment 2-15

Introduced by: Mayor Pantelides

Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee
Board of Supervisors of Elections


A CHARTER AMENDMENT concerning

Charter Amendment, Board of Supervisors of Elections

FOR the purpose of changing the deadlines for designating and appointing members to the Board of Supervisors of Elections.

BY amending the following portions of the Annapolis City Charter:
Article II, Section 6.


SECTION I: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Charter of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

ARTICLE II - Election of Mayor and Aldermen
Sec. 6 - Board of supervisors of elections.

(a) There is a board of supervisors of elections of the City of Annapolis, consisting of three (3) residents in and voters of the city, two (2) of whom shall always be selected from the leading political parties of the state, one (1) from each of such parties. The third member may be selected from either of the leading political parties of the state or from any other political party. The members shall be persons of approved integrity and capacity, and may not hold elective office, nor be candidates for elective office during their terms of office. Members shall serve without compensation.

(bc) Members of the Board of Supervisors of Elections shall be appointed by the City Council for a term that begins on the second Monday of March following the General City Election in the preceding November and ends four (4) years later on the second Monday in March. In the event of a vacancy, the City Council shall immediately fill the vacancy only for the remainder of the four-year term. A member must be reappointed for a new term in order to serve beyond an...