I still don't get it - where do you see anything that implies that the OGB can not put amendments on the ballot without a petition? I read "Measures and Constitutional changes may be placed on a ballot by the decision of the Board" to specifically allow the OGB to do so without a petition...
I agree that the petition process needs to be defined in more detail - but we need a strawman proposal before we can do much else... -John On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Jim Walker <James.Walker at sun.com> wrote: > I'm interested in getting the Amendment process to match with this section: > --- > 2.1.1 Ballot Content > > Nominations for Governing Board members shall be open for a minimum of seven > days prior to ballot completion. (See s3.3 for candidacy details) > > Measures and Constitutional changes may be placed on a ballot by the > decision of > the Board or by a petition signed by more than 10 percent of the Electorate > Group members. > > The Board Secretary will publish a complete and final ballot at least seven > days > prior to the start of voting. > --- > > The current issues are: > > 1) can the OGB ballot Amendments (like changes) without a petition? > > 2) we need to define the petition process in more detail. > > Cheers, > Jim > >
