[Peace-discuss] number of referenda in Champaign?

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Carl
I got the same information regarding referenda in Champaign from a 
different council member.
Wayne

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> Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:30:15 -0500
> From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] Poverty referendum one of 3 max in Champaign?
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> At this meeting Champaign City Council member Tom Bruno asserted that the 
> Township meeting could place a total of only 3 referenda on the ballot -- 
> *including* the poverty referendum.  We have been assuming that a binding 
> referendum would not count toward the limit of three referenda, since the others 
> are advisory.
>
> We are assuming that three advisory referenda will be proposed April 8, on (a) 
> water municipalization, (b) government transparency, and (c) torture.  AWARE is 
> going to propose the third, as follows:
>
>      "Given Representative Timothy Johnson's support for a bill outlawing 
> torture, which was vetoed by President Bush, shall the citizens of Champaign 
> Township urge all their Congressional representatives to renew their efforts to 
> pass such a bill?"
>
> But we need to find out if it possible to add three to the poverty referendum, 
> or only two, given that the latter opinion is present in the City Council. --CGE
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