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