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Subject: Resolution Calling For Reform To Abolish The Electoral College, Address Congressional Gerrymandering, And Eliminate Barriers To Voting
From: Councilmember Kalb And Kaplan
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) In Support Of Senator Barbara Boxer’s Bill To Abolish The Electoral College and (2) Directing The City Administrator And City Lobbyist To Work With All Relevant State And Federal Elected Officials To (A) Develop And Ratify An Amendment To The United States Constitution To Replace The Electoral College With A National Popular Vote For President Of The United States Or, Alternatively, To Approve The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, (B) Address Gerrymandering In Congressional Apportionment By Requiring Redistricting Reform, Such As By Having Independent State Redistricting Commissions Conduct Redistricting Instead Of State Legislatures, And (C) Eliminate Barriers To Voting.
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