Spokane Proposition 1
Election Results
| Option | Votes | Pct |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 24,916 | 78.30% |
| No | 6,904 | 21.70% |
* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.
About the Measure
Proposition 1 would amend the City Charter to allow a City Council member to serve as City Council president even after serving two consecutive terms on the council. Currently, the City Charter’s term limit stipulations prevent that from happening. The change would keep intact all other term limit rules. The proposition keeps a requirement that candidates must be residents of the city for at least a year, but creates a definition defines residency to mean a person’s “permanent address where he or she physically resides and maintains his or her abode.”
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