City of Jamestown: Rules to get petitions on ballot must be followed
September 3, 2010 at 1:37 am in The Jamestown Sun
The Stutsman County Commission is including two initiated amendments to the home rule charter on the November general election ballot, but we feel neither belongs there.
One of the initiated amendments would form a 17-member committee to advise the commission on road issues. The proposed committee consists of 12 people elected from the townships and small cities, the two county commissioners with the county road portfolio and three people named by the Jamestown City Council.
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In regards to the paragraph that starts…Fritz Fremgen, Stutsman County state’s attorney, issued a memo in July outlining his interpretation of the steps required by North Dakota election law for a petition drive to amend the home rule charter.
So if Mr. Fremgen’s “interpetation” of the law is correct then why wouldn’t he want to defend it? Or maybe his interpetation was incorrect which is why he and the commision are letting the petitions proceed. State law and home rule charters have different requirements.
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