Tucson, Arizona, Proposition 408, Even-Year Election Date and Extended Terms for Mayor and Council Charter Amendment (November 2018)
| Proposition 408: Tucson Even-Year Election Date and Extended Terms for Mayor and Council Charter Amendment |
|---|
|
| The basics |
| Election date: |
| November 6, 2018 |
| Status: |
 Defeated
|
| Topic: |
| Local election and voting laws |
| Related articles |
| Local election and voting laws on the ballot November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Arizona Pima County, Arizona ballot measures Local charter amendments on the ballot |
| See also |
| Tucson, Arizona |
A proposition to change city election dates and the terms of the Mayor and Council was on the ballot for Tucson voters in Pima County, Arizona, on November 6, 2018. It was defeated.
| A yes vote was a vote in favor of extending the terms of the current Mayor and Councilmembers by one year, and changing the election date for mayor and council elections from the fall of odd-numbered years to November of even-numbered years, beginning in 2020. |
| A no vote was a vote against changing the election date for mayor and city council elections, thereby leaving the elections for those offices to odd-numbered years. |
Election results
|
Tucson Proposition 408 |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 66,699 | 42.16% | ||
|
|
91,513 | 57.84% | ||
-
- Results are officially certified.
- Source
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Proposed Amendment to the Tucson City Charter, Submitted by the Mayor and Council as a Referred Measure, Extending the Terms of the Current Mayor and Councilmembers by One Year and, Beginning in 2020, Holding Even-year Primary and General Elections for the Offices of Mayor and Councilmembers, in Place of the Current Odd-year Primary and General Elections.
|
” |
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of Tucson, Arizona.
See also
|
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pima County, "Pima County, Arizona – Full Text Insert – General Election 2018," accessed October 22, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| |||||||||||||
