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Council will get a better idea next month what a ranked ballot municipal election could look like in 2018.
Tyler Cox, the city’s manager of legislative services in the clerk’s office, says staff are preparing an information report for the finance and economic development committee on the amendments to the Municipal Elections Act.
As Cox pointed out, the regulation on ranked ballot elections was only published Sept. 16. Staff have been looking at the new rules and compiling the information for committee and council in time for December.
Since staff are planning an information report, it will take a motion from a council member to pursue a ranked ballot election for 2018, or at least launch consultations on changing the election system before tabling a recommendation.
If the city wants a ranked ballot election on Oct. 22, 2018, council would need to approve a bylaw by May 1, 2017.
The provincial rules are clear for cities interested in switching to ranked ballots. The city would need to tell the public how much it would cost, what kind of vote-counting machines would be used and how a ranked ballot system works. There would need to be at least one open house.
And for council, the provincial regulations compel politicians to consider the costs, availability of technology and impacts to administering the election before passing a ranked ballot election bylaw.
In May 2015, Mayor Jim Watson indicated he was against ranked ballots in Ottawa’s municipal election but welcomed the debate at council.
That debate is coming soon.
jwilling@postmedia.com
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Tyler Cox, the city’s manager of legislative services in the clerk’s office, says staff are preparing an information report for the finance and economic development committee on the amendments to the Municipal Elections Act.
As Cox pointed out, the regulation on ranked ballot elections was only published Sept. 16. Staff have been looking at the new rules and compiling the information for committee and council in time for December.
Since staff are planning an information report, it will take a motion from a council member to pursue a ranked ballot election for 2018, or at least launch consultations on changing the election system before tabling a recommendation.
If the city wants a ranked ballot election on Oct. 22, 2018, council would need to approve a bylaw by May 1, 2017.
The provincial rules are clear for cities interested in switching to ranked ballots. The city would need to tell the public how much it would cost, what kind of vote-counting machines would be used and how a ranked ballot system works. There would need to be at least one open house.
And for council, the provincial regulations compel politicians to consider the costs, availability of technology and impacts to administering the election before passing a ranked ballot election bylaw.
In May 2015, Mayor Jim Watson indicated he was against ranked ballots in Ottawa’s municipal election but welcomed the debate at council.
That debate is coming soon.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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