||| FROM KEVIN RANKER |||


Dear County Council Members,

I am writing you in my former capacity as Chair of the San Juan County Charter Review Commission (2021), and on behalf of the majority of commissioners who voted last year to approve the four proposed amendments to the San Juan County Charter that were to be placed on the ballot in the November 2022 election.

As you are aware, the Charter Review Commission heard from thousands of islanders regarding these important Amendments. From Ranked Choice Voting to ensuring citizens have their own advocate within County government, the proposed ballot measures are critical, and our citizens want to vote on them. If you take no action, you could by default block our citizens their democratic right to vote on these important issues.

Could you please confirm that that the four proposed amendments which were presented to the County Council as finalized legal resolutions, with findings, on November 15, 2021 will be officially transmitted to the office of the San Juan County Auditor by 5 pm today in time for the deadline for these ballot propositions to appear in the voters pamphlet.

Listed below are the four proposed amendments and I have provided the link to the full language of the proposed amendments that is on the San Juan County website.

  1. Establishing a New Position of Public Advocate for the Purpose of Helping Citizens Navigate the San Juan County Systems
  2. Amending language in the County Charter to provide clarification regarding budget provisions for the Charter Review Commission (CRC), staff support requirements, and further resolution regarding the term length, procedures and duties of the CRC, and the role of the Prosecuting Attorney
  3. Amending the current voting rules to include Ranked Choice Voting
  4. Amending Signature Requirements Concerning Initiatives and Referendum
    https://www.sanjuanco.com/DocumentCenter/View/24877/CRC-2022-Propositions?bidId=

I understand that the next deadline regarding these ballot propositions is August 9, 2022 by which time the Prosecuting Attorney’s office must provide the SJC Election’s office the legal title and information on these ballot propositions in order for them to appear in the voter’s pamphlet.

It is the expectation of the members of the CRC that the County Council will direct the County Manager to officially transmit these resolutions to the Auditor / Elections Office today to trigger the drafting of legal titles and information on these ballot propositions by the Prosecuting Attorney’s office by August 9 for final submission to the voter’s pamphlet for the November 2022 elections.


 

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