“When voters in 2018 — 13,787 of them in fact — decided to “Change The Date,” they also changed the philosophy of choosing leaders.”
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“A premium was placed on winning over the participating electorate during major cycles. The result is these commissioners all have a stamp of approval on their respective agendas greater than any district-level commissioners in city history.”
We applaud the decision of the majority of the Commission. This decision will ensure that there will never be another spring election again! heraldtribune.com/news/20180…
We applaud the majority City Commission for setting a November election and for their implementation decision. When this initiative passes, there will not be another spring election again! srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/20…
On June 18, City Commission scheduled to get first look at draft ordinance for November referendum on changing dates of city elections sarasotanewsleader.com/on-ju… via @SaraNewsLeader
Great @jacobogles column in @SRQChirps SRQ Daily! Under the petition changes, the final election for City Commissioners will ALWAYS be held in November when you have the largest voter turnouts! srqmagazine.com/srq-daily/20…
Sarasota nerd alert. I've compiled election turnout for the past 16 citywide elections in Sarasota. Will write about relevance to @DecideTheDate issue in my @SRQChirps column tomorrow.
Decide the Date Sarasota surpasses signatures needed to place referendum on ballot. The Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections has officially validated 4,732 petitions and transmitted the certification of the validation to the Sarasota City Clerk.