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Council Member Lynn Schulman explains and advocates for Intro 1111-A on campaign finance recalculations
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Council Member Lynn Schulman explains the purpose of Intro 1111-A, which changes the frequency of recalculating campaign finance contribution and expenditure limits. She urges her colleagues to vote for the bill, highlighting its importance in bringing equity to City Council elections.
- The bill addresses an anomaly that occurs every 20 years due to redistricting, where council members serve two 2-year terms instead of one 4-year term.
- It changes the recalculation frequency from every 4 years to every local election.
- Schulman thanks Speaker Adams and Chair Ressler for their support of the bill.
Lynn Schulman
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Thank you, majority leader.
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I wanna ask my colleagues to please vote for intro 1111, which as the speaker indicated changes the frequency with which the campaign finance board recalculates contribution and expenditure limits.
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When the city council first passed the campaign finance act said
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we used about to be pleased.
Lynn Schulman
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The provision that that capped expenditures for council and citywide 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 citywide 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 the 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 election.
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I wanna thank speaker Adams and chair Ressler for their support of this bill to bring equity to city council elections.
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Thank you.
