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• <br />MARTIN: Sorry, sir, I'm not withdrawing it. <br />SANTANGELO: I would speak against the motion, then, so that we can allow Chris <br />to do what he's doing, because, for me, it's about better government, and we need to <br />try to put something out there that people perceive as better government. And this <br />whole discussion started because of how Council members were acting in terms of just <br />territorial parochialism. <br />RAY: Let's vote on that motion. Does everybody understand the motion <br />on the floor? George's motion to strictly limit it to the eight years. All in favor, raise <br />your hand. <br />HANDS RAISED: G. Martin. <br />RAY: One. Opposed? <br />HANDS RAISED: All other Commission members present. <br />RAY: Okay, so we're opposed to that and Chris will come up with some <br />different options. <br />SANTANGELO: Only for the time beim. <br />RAY: Yes, and we could very well go back to that. <br />SANTANGELO: Because that's what I would vote for. <br />RAY: We also needed to work out, or discuss, the language in regard to <br />the non-partisan part of the at -large seats. In other words, if non-partisan elections <br />get voted in, how are we going to treat the non-partisan seats in terms of the specifics <br />of how that works in the Primary vs. the General. <br />YUEN: This would all be folded into the non-partisan question. It wouldn't <br />greatly complicate the whole thing. The issue is we voted on the non-partisan, and as <br />far as the single offices like the Mayor or the district Council members, 50% plus 1 <br />vote in the first election gets you elected outright. If nobody is elected outright, the top <br />2 go on and run against each other in the General. With the 3 member at -large <br />running, I think the idea has been that you don't have 3 at -large races, but you have a <br />3 candidate pool. It's like a multi -member district. And then the decision has to be <br />made. I'm sure, logically, that you all intend that anybody who got 50% plus 1 of the <br />people walking in and casting a ballot for any of those 3 seats would then be elected <br />outright. <br />RAY: <br />still. <br />So, if you get 50% plus 1, you're elected outright in the Primary <br />30 <br />