The Neighborhood Council Review Commission voted unanimously [on April 17] to ask the City Clerk to run Neighborhood Council elections, to mandate a standardized election process for all elections and, but for an attendance problem, would have also voted to require all Neighborhood Councils to offer a vote-by-mail option.
Almost completely rewriting the staff report, the commissioners felt strongly that Neighborhood Councils were spending entirely too much time on elections despite the new templates prepared by DONE [the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment].
Commissioners who spoke on the issue said that nearly all of the Neighborhood Council members who spoke at their hearings about elections wanted citywide uniformity. The commissioners wanted this change even if it meant placing a City Charter amendment on the ballot.
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