Leon County Charter Amendments, 6 (November 2010)

Six Leon County Charter Amendment measure were on the November 2, 2010 ballot in Leon County.

Five of the six amendments were approved

The first measure sought to reduce the signature threshold for charter amendment petitions. The current rate is 10 percent of eligible county and district residents, the new percentage would be 7 percent of the county voters and 5 percent of each district.

• YES 28,094 (32.93%)
• NO 57,224 (67.07%)d

The second amendment would limit campaign donations to candidates for county commission and constitutional offices to $250 per contributor.

• YES 57,558 (65.53%)a
• NO 30,275 (34.47%)

The third amendment sought to make it so that the county would have to enact environmental standards and procedures, but would not limit local governments from enacting sterner requirements.

• YES 53,211 (61.44%)a
• NO 33,399 (38.56%)

The fourth would amend the charter to reflect the current practices of the Tourism Development Council.

• YES 43,808 (53.26%)a
• NO 38,438 (46.74%)

The fifth amendment would set the rules for electing and terminating the County Administrator, a majority plus one of the County Board members.

• YES 48,026 (58.40%)a
• NO 34,217 (41.60%)

The sixth amendment would set the rules on what County Commissioners can instruct other employees under other controls to do.

• YES 46,690 (56.36%)a
• NO 36,155 (43.64%)