Please Vote NO on 3/13 – Palm Beach Gardens Election
Posted by PBG Watch on March 12, 2018 · Leave a Comment
Please VOTE on Tuesday, March 13 and encourage your family, friends and neighbors to vote as well. So few Gardens’ residents participate in the Uniform Municipal elections even when diligent about voting in primaries and November elections. There certainly will be no long lines at the polls and it will only take a few minutes of your time. The polls are open from 7am to 7pm.
As you probably know, Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge G. Joseph Curley ruled referendum questions 1 and 2 invalid, and any votes for those two questions will not be counted. Here is the note to the voter which will appear at your polling place.
However Questions 3 and 4 remain on the ballot, and are significant changes, not FIXES, to our current Charter.
- A Yes vote on Question 3 means that term-limited Council members can serve again with a 3 year sit-out between each 6 years in office. There is no limit to the number of cycles that can be repeated.
- A Yes vote on Question 4, switches from Majority Wins (50%+1) to Plurality wins. In a 2-candidate race there is no difference. However in a multi candidate race, an incumbent can encourage other candidates to enter the race, thus diluting the votes and allowing the candidate with the most name recognition to win with a small percentage of the vote.
I personally plan to vote NO on both questions and explain Why Vote NO on Question 3 and Why Vote NO on Question 4 in more detail.
Please do your research and then Vote.