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Council Member Schulman explains Intro 1111 to adjust campaign finance limits for two-year council terms
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Council Member Lynn C. Schulman discusses Intro 1111, which aims to adjust the frequency of recalculating campaign finance contribution and expenditure limits to account for the rare occurrence of two-year council terms due to redistricting. The bill proposes changing the recalculation from every four years to every local general election.
- Explains the historical context of the Campaign Finance Act and its four-year adjustment cycle
- Highlights the issue of two-year terms occurring every 20 years due to redistricting
- Emphasizes the goal of bringing equity to council elections during these unusual circumstances
Lynn C. Schulman
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Thank you very much, chair.
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When the city council first passed the Campaign Finance Act, the provision that capped expenditures for council and city wide offices called for the cap to be increased every 4 years based on the consumer price index.
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The 4 year figure came from the fact that city wide and council offices have 4 year terms as a general rule.
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However, the law did not account for an anomaly that occurs every 20 years, in which members of the council serve 2 2 year terms because of redistricting of council lines as a result of the US Census.
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To rectify this issue and bring equity to council elections that occur within this rare circumstance, intro 1111 changes the frequency with which Campaign Finance Board recalculates contribution and expenditure limits to account for changes in the consumer price index from once every 4 years to once every local general election.
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I look forward to passing this legislation soon and wanna thank chair Ressler for hearing this bill for and for his support of these efforts to bring equity to city council elections.
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Thank you, chair.
Lincoln Restler
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Thank you so much.
