PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND MAIL BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH!

Give the People the Right to Amend their Government!

The undersigned residents and qualified voters of Davidson County, Tennessee, do hereby propose the following amendments to the Metropolitan Charter to be voted on by the people at a Special Election to be held on January 22, 2009.   Article 19.01 shall be amended as follows:

Paragraph 1 shall be amended by replacing “ten (10) percent of the registered voters of Nashville-Davidson County voting in the preceding general election” with “1% of the total registered voters in Nashville-Davidson County.”

Paragraph 4 shall be amended by replacing “nor shall any such amendment or amendments be submitted by petition more often than once in each two years” with “The people may submit amendments to the voters at any regularly scheduled general election, and by special election once per calendar year ending December 31st .”

A New Paragraph shall be added to the end of Section 19.01 stating: “An amendment approved by the people may not be amended by a Metropolitan Council-proposed resolution within four (4) years of its approval by the voters.” 

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