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<p class="MsoNormal">One of the council members asked for an additional data point for the discussion this evening: what is the cost that we estimate for our contract with the County Clerk for holding the election on our behalf?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The cost depends on the number of items that we place on the ballot and if there is a TABOR notice. For this year, with 4 – 5 ballot measures and a TABOR notice, we have estimated $90,000. In odd-numbered years, we have council candidates
in addition to ballot measures. In that event we estimate a cost of $110,000.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I hope this is helpful information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jane<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jane S. Brautigam<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Young, Mary <YoungM@bouldercolorado.gov> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Brautigam, Jane <BrautigamJ@bouldercolorado.gov>; HOTLINE <HOTLINE@bouldercolorado.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Supplemental Memo for Item 3 K, Direct Election of the Mayor and Ranked Choice Voting - September 1, 2020<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Jane, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you very much for this information, especially given the short timeframe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Election initiatives are not something that should be done in a hasty and unexamined manner. Whatever we might come up with this evening
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I would like to offer an alternative approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I propose that we reconvene the Elections Working Group (which includes two of the proponents of this measure) to conduct a thorough and
thoughtful evaluation of various alternative voting methods and include the input of the County Clerk, the Secretary of State, the League of Women Voters, RCV Colorado and any other voice/organization with expertise in this area. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additionally, at the onset of such a working group, that we first identify the problem we are trying to solve, and only then follow it up
with researching voting methods best suited for a flexible solution to the identified problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Alternative voting methods are on the horizon, regardless. We should be thoughtfully proactive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We're all in this together...six feet apart.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In solidarity,</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:green">Mary Dolores Young</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:green;background:white">Boulder City Council</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#339966;background:white">"All ethics ... rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts..."</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#339966;background:white"> -
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Brautigam, Jane <<a href="mailto:BrautigamJ@bouldercolorado.gov">BrautigamJ@bouldercolorado.gov</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 1, 2020 12:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> HOTLINE <<a href="mailto:HOTLINE@bouldercolorado.gov">HOTLINE@bouldercolorado.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Supplemental Memo for Item 3 K, Direct Election of the Mayor and Ranked Choice Voting - September 1, 2020</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Attached please find a supplemental memo addressing questions posed by Council member Young regarding Item 3 K on tonight’s agenda. These questions were following up on the letter received from the Boulder County Clerk regarding ranked
choice voting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal">Jane<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Jane S. Brautigam</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ICMA – CM</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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