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ORDINANCE NO .2(� 1973
BEING AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES WITH REGARD TO
REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS IN THE CITY AND CITY ELECTIONS
WHEREAS at the general City Election held on April 6, 1971 the
Charter of the City of Fort Collins was amended in order that matters regard
ing city elections could be controlled by the provisions of the state law
relating to elections and
WHEREAS experience under the Municipal Election Code of 1965 has
revealed difficulties in operation which need to be corrected and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish certain procedures
regarding registration of voters and the conduct of elections in order to
correct the deficiencies which have become apparent under such Municipal
Election Code of 1965
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COL CIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS
Section 1 Registration Registration of municipal electors shall
be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Election Code
of 1965, proviaed that any person registering to vote within the City shall
indicate to the official who takes such person's registration that he is a
resident of the City of Fort Collins and the County Clerk shall maintain
his registration list in such manner that registered electors who are rest
dents of the City can be separately identified from the other county registered
electors Initially, the registered electors of the City shall be those persons
designated as residents of the City, on the county registration books after
the special city election held in the City on February 20 1973 Any person
who is registered to vote as a resident of the County of Larumr but not the
City of Fort Collins, and who becomes entitled to register to vote in elec-
tions of the City (whether by reason of annexation or otherwise) shall be
required to re register as a qualified municipal elector in order to vote at
any fu`ure municipal election The registration list supplied by the County
Clerk of the City for municipal elections shall indicate those electors who
are registered as city qualified electors No person shall be entitled to vote
in a city election who is not registered as a qualified elector residing in
the City of Fort Collins regardless of the fact that such person may be
duly registered as a qualified elector of the County of Larimer
Section 2 Precincts Municipal election precincts shall be estab
lisped from time to time by the City Council by ordinance The boundaries of
such precincts shall to the extent possible correspond with the boundaries
of the general election precincts established in the county The number of each
precinct snall be desig-iated by City Council and to the extent possible such
numbers shall correspond with the numbers of general election precincts In
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the event the boundaries of the City are enlarged by annexations the
territory annexed shall be included in the precinct which it adjoins, with all
precinct boundaries extending in a straight line from the former municipal
boundary limit to the enlarged boundary limit
Introduced considered favorably on the first reading and ordered
published this 22nd da) of February A D 1973 and to be presented for
final passage on the 15th day of March A D 1973
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ATTEST
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 15th day of March A D
1973 J
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Mayor
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City Clerk