Kansas City Charter Change Threatens To Diminish Recall Power

Over the past 4 years there have been at least half a dozen recall efforts launched by Kansas City voters. 

Multiple attempts at recall of Mayor Q, a nearly successful recall of councilman Bunch and several attempts at other council members were launched amid the pandemic. None of the citizen initiate petitions were successful . . . HOWEVER, thousands of voters signed on to the grassroots democratic effort. 

Accordingly . . .

LOOK CLOSELY AN NOTICE CHARTER CHANGE TARGETING RECALL POWER OF KANSAS CITY VOTERS!!!

This is important given that local progressives decry Missouri GOP doing EXACTLY this same thing. 

Final charter change recommendations include:

- Establishing a minimum signature requirement for recalls (3,000 for in-district and 18,000 for at-large), referendums (7,000) and initiative petitions (4,000) that remains consistent from year to year

- Increasing the required number of signatures for a recall from 20% of voter turnout in the most recent mayoral election to 25%

- A change to municipal elections, so that any candidate who receives more than two-thirds of the vote in the primary automatically wins the general election

- Randomizing the ballot order instead of listing candidates in the order they filed at the election office

- Forming a separate commission to consider changes to the number of in-district and at-large City Council districts

- A set of reforms to the charter review process, which includes increasing the number of commissioners, requiring a listening session in every City Council district, and setting a minimum timeline of 90 days to complete the charter review.

The full list of reforms is written under Section 1212 of the proposed city ordinance.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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