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Election Guides

  • How to do a City Referendum(PDF, 322KB)
  • Guide to Recall(PDF, 812KB)
  • How to do a City Initiative(PDF, 274KB)
  • Guide to Writing Arguments, Rebuttals, and Analyses(PDF, 303KB)
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