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PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS Proposition 1: Replace all references to "electors" in the Charter with references to "qualified voters" or "voters" as appropriate. ❑ For ❑ Against Proposition 2: Add a new section to Article XII, "General Provisions," numbered appropriately, "Non-gender specific," which shall read: It is understood, wherever in this Charter an individual is referred to in the male gender, it shall be recognized as referring to either male or female. ❑ For ❑ Against Proposition 3: Amend the Charter to correct a typographical error in Section 33, "Procedure for passage of ordinances," to replace an erroneous reference to Article X with a correct reference to Article XI. ❑ For ❑ Against Proposition 4: Amend Section 3, "Boundaries," to require the city to keep a current map, consistent with state law, so that the section shall read: The city shall maintain a current, accurate map of its boundaries in the manner required by state law. ❑ For ❑ Against Proposition 5: Amend Section 6, "Extension of city limits upon petition," to require that the procedures estab'shed by state law shall apply to city annexation of territory that is requested by petition of landowners or qualified voters in the territory, so that the following language: thereupon the city council at regular session held not sooner than twenty days after presentation of said petition shall be replaced with: the city council, after following the procedures established by state law ❑ For ❑ Against Proposition 6: Amend Section 7, "Extension of city limits by the city council," to require that the procedures established by state law shall apply to city annexation of territory that is initiated by the city council, so that the following language: