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Charter provision providing for a general election, setting
forth minimum voting requirements and providing for runoff
elections should these minimum requirements not be met; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council have considered the
Report and this recommendation of the Task Force and
determined that the repeal of existing Section 30. of the
City Charter and an enactment of a new Section 30 of that
Charter is required to implement this recommendation, and
hereby proposes to amend by subsequent ordinance that
Section of the City Charter pursuant to the procedures
established in Article 11(e) of the Maryland Constitution
and Article 23(a) of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as
amended and Section 85 of the City Charter:

[Section 71-30 of the Code of Public Local Laws of
Montgomery County, repealed and added.

Effective Date January 8, 1980]

RESOLUTION NO. CA-5-79

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF GAITHERSBURG
PROPOSING TO AMEND SECTION 27. OF THE CITY CHARTER SO AS TO
PROHIBIT VOTER REGISTRATION DURING THE PERIOD REGISTRATION
IS SO DESIGNATED AS BEING CLOSED, AND TO REQUIRE THAT
REGISTRATION IN ANY MONTGOMERY COUNTY ELECTION MUST REFLECT
THAT THE REGISTRANT HAS HAD A RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE
DATE OF A CITY ELECTION TO QUALIFY TO VOTE IN THE CITY
ELECTION.

WHEREAS, an Election Procedures and Mayor and Council
Salaries Task Force was appointed by the Mayor on October
16, 1978 to review and make recommendations on salaries of
City Council members, among other items related to this
subject; and

WHEREAS, The Election Procedures and Mayor and Council
Salaries Task Force met and discussed this and other issues
on about six occasions between November 8, 1978 and February
8, 1979; and

WHEREAS, this Task Force issued its report and
presented same to the Mayor and City Council at a scheduled
meeting on February 20, 1979; and

WHEREAS, as part of the report of the Task Force, it
was recommended that voter registration provisions should be
revised as set forth in this Resolution by appropriate legal
procedures to insure more orderly voter registration; and

WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council have considered the
Report and this recommendation of the Task Force and
determined that an amendment to Section 27. of the City
Charter is required to implement these recommendations and