Next up: A (probably quick) discussion about the CU South referendum. That is, the vote to overturn annexation. A successful petition means that all the voters get to weigh in on that. documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…
Council has a couple options here. They can:
- Overturn the annexation themselves (not gonna happen)
- Schedule a special election for this (also not likely)
- Schedule a vote at the next regular election in November
Why no special election for this (probably)? Bc they cost more than just putting a question on the regular ballot, and turnout is WAY lower. Bad for democracy.
I'm sure there are Pros to this Pros/Cons list, but it's hard to think of one.
A few speakers tonight asked for the question to be on November's ballot.
Zero support for repealing the annexation of CU South
Which you can read about here: boulderbeat.news/2021/09/21/bou…
Wallach: What would it cost to do a special election?
Teresa Tate: Between $75K and $150K
No support for that, so November ballot question on this is the way we're going.
I believe the ballot language itself was set by the referendum petition. So not much for council to do here.
They'll set the formal ballot language in August.
And by "set" I mean formally approve. They may have some say in the ballot *title* — Friend asking about that now.
"We are pretty well bound by the language they set in that petition," Tate says. "The language they put forward is what goes on the ballot."
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