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Charter Amendment No. 1

Political Campaign
"Extending term limits for Councilmembers and the Executive"
Pierce county, Washington
General Election, 2009
Leadership
Yes-on-1	Charla Neuman, Rick Talbert
and Mark Lindquist
Larry Faulk, Sherry Bockwinkel, and John Hathaway

Charter_Amendment_One_(Pierce_County,2009)

Charter Amendment No. 1 is a 2009 ballot measure in Pierce County, Washington. It is one of three proposed amendments on the General election ballot in November 2009. Amendment 1 would extend term limits for the Executive and the seven Councilmembers from two consecutive terms to three consecutive terms.
Ballot title: "The Pierce county council passed Ordinance No. 2008-113 proposing to amend the Pierce County Charter. If approved, Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1 would: (a) move the election of Councilmembers and the Executive to odd-numbered years by 2015; and (b) increase term limits for both from two consecutive four-year terms to three consecutive four-year terms.
Should Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1 be approved?"

Background

Pierce County has had a charter form of government since 1980. This allows the people a level of discretion in structuring their local government..

In 2006, voters approved a number of charter amendments, recommended by the Charter Review Commission. One of them, implementing Ranked-Choice Voting affected the offices of Councilmember, Sheriff, Assessor-Treasurer, Auditor, and Executive.

The offices of Auditor, Assessor-Treasurer, and Sheriff were extended to three four-year consecutive terms in 2007, a year later, by the voters.

The ordinance to put this measure on the ballot was adopted on December 2nd, 2008 by the Pierce County Council on a 5-2 vote,

Unlike state measures, numbering of charter amendments in Pierce county do not carryover consecutively from year-to-year.

Supporting arguments

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External Links

• Volunteers Against Term Limit Extensions (2009)
• Life in Pierce county
• Text of all 2006 charter amendments
• Amendment 3 wins with 56% Election results, 2006.

Internal Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_county_charter_amendments,_2009

CHARTER AMENDMENT ONE (2009) IN PIERCE COUNTY
---Yes-on-1 ---No-on-2
CHARTER AMENDMENT TWO (2009) IN PIERCE COUNTY
---Yes-on-2 ---No-on-2
CHARTER AMENDMENT THREE (2009) IN PIERCE COUNTY
---Yes-on-3 ---No-on-3

LIST OF ALL THREE PIERCE COUNTY 2009 BALLOT MEASURES

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(Please keep in mind that this jurisdiction does not carry over sequential numbering of proposed amendments from year to year.)
Item	'Pro' side	'Con' side
CHARTER AMENDMENT ONE "Extending Term Limits for Executive & the Councilmembers."	Yes on 1 (2009)	No on 1 (2009)
CHARTER AMENDMENT TWO "Moving certain executive branch Elections to Odd-Numbered Years."	Yes on 2 (2009)	No on 2 (2009)
CHARTER AMENDMENT THREE "Repealing provisions of Ranked Choice Voting.	Yes on 3 (2009)	No on 3 (2009)

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