El Dorado County Obsolete Language Deletion Charter Amendment, Measure S (November 2014)
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An El Dorado County Obsolete Language Deletion Charter Amendment, Measure S ballot question was on the November 4, 2014 election ballot for voters in El Dorado County, California. It was approved.
Measure S amended the county charter, making nominal changes that removed obsolete language. Section 210 (d) of the charter concerned library system funding and explicitly said that it would be effective for no more than ten years after January 1996. Thus, by its own provision, the section became outdated and ineffectual on January 26, 2006. Measure S removed the section from the charter.[1]
Election results
| El Dorado County Measure S | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 40,027 | 76.61% | ||
| No | 12,224 | 23.39% | ||
Election results via: El Dorado County Elections Office
Text of measure
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:[2]
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Shall section 210 d. of the El Dorado County Charter be deleted from the Charter because it was repealed effective January 26, 2006, under the plain language of Charter section 210 d.?[3] |
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Impartial analysis
The following impartial analysis was prepared for Measure S:[1]
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The County of El Dorado operates under a County charter that was ratified by the voters on November 8, 1994. The California Constitution provides that a county may adopt a charter to govern itself in regard to those specific matters that are identified in Article XI section 4. Voters may amend the charter by a majority vote. On July 29, 2014, the Board of Supervisors of the County of El Dorado (Board) placed this measure on the ballot to seek voter approval to amend El Dorado County Charter section 210.d. Measure S proposes to amend El Dorado County Charter section 210.d. by deleting the section entirely because by its own terms it was only effective for ten years after January 1996, so it became inoperative in January 2006. As a result, Charter section 210 d. is no longer used to address budget issues for the operation of the County Library System and it is unnecessary in the current Charter. A "yes" vote is a vote in favor of amending the El Dorado County Charter to delete Charter section 210 d. because it is no longer operative. A "no" vote is a vote against amending current Charter section 210.d.[3] |
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| —Edward L. Knapp, El Dorado County Counsel | ||
See also
- Local charter amendments on the ballot
- El Dorado County, California ballot measures
- November 4, 2014 ballot measures in California
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Voter's Edge, "El Dorado County 2014 General Election Information," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ El Dorado County Elections Office website, "List of ballot measures for November 4, 2014," accessed October 17, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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