City of Annapolis - File #: CA-2-20

• File #: CA-2-20
• Version: 1
• Type: Charter Amendment
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 6/22/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 9/14/2020
• Final action: 9/14/2020
• Title: City of Annapolis Primary Election Date - For the purpose of modifying the date of the Primary Election for City of Annapolis elections.
• Sponsors: Rob Savidge
• Indexes: Board of Supervisors of Elections, Rules and City Government Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/14/2020	1	City Council	withdrawn without objection	Pass
9/8/2020	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend favorably	Fail
7/27/2020	1	City Council	declare the public hearing closed
6/22/2020	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
6/22/2020	1	City Council	refer
6/22/2020	1	City Council	refer

Title
City of Annapolis Primary Election Date - For the purpose of modifying the date of the Primary Election for City of Annapolis elections.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Charter Amendment 2-20

Introduced by: Alderman Savidge
Co-sponsored by:

Referred to
The Board of Supervisors of Elections
Rules and City Government Committee
90 day Rule:__________


A CHARTER AMENDMENT Resolution concerning

City of Annapolis Primary Election Date

FOR the purpose of modifying the date of the Primary Election for City of Annapolis
elections.

BY repealing and reenacting the following portions of the City Charter:
Article II, Section V


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:

THE CHARTER
Article II - ELECTION OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN/ALDERWOMEN

Sec. 5. - Primary election dates; municipal election dates; term dates.

Nomination for a mayor and for one (1) alderman/alderwoman from each ward in the city shall be made by direct vote of the respective political parties at primary elections to be held in the city for the several candidates for mayor and, in each ward of the city, for the several candidates for aldermen/alderwomen, on the thirdSECOND Tuesday of SeptemberJULY in each year in which municipal elections in the city are to be held. Municipal elections shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every fourth year, beginning with the year 1985. However, in the event an election will occur on the same day as the public observance of a religious holiday, or in case of severe weather, the board of supervisors of elections shall have the authority to reschedule the election to a day within one (1) week of the day prescribed by this section. The mayor and aldermen/alderwomen elected at each municipal election shall qualify in the manner prescribed by Article II, Section 3 of this Charter, and shall take office on the first ...