Re: [CUUE] Petition Signatures Submitted

--- Fred Juergens <fredj608@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, Nov 23, 2005, CUUE submitted
> approximately 261
> signatures on a Petition for Direct Legislation to
> the City Clerk of
> Evansville, Jim Beilke. This is well over the 206
> required by law to
> place our resolution before the City Council.
>
> The resolution is posed as a question: Shall the
> United States
> Government immediately begin an orderly and rapid
> withdrawal of all
> military personnel from Iraq, beginning with the
> National Guard and
> Reserves?"
>
> The City Clerk must certify the sufficiency of the
> petition by
> December 8th, 2005. If sufficient, he then passes
> it on to City
> Council. Council may adopt the resolution or submit
> it to a vote of
> the people of Evansville in the April 2006 election.
> Council may not
> reject the resolution. If the petition is
> deficient, CUUE has until
> Dec 18, 2005 to make up any deficiencies, after
> which it may be
> submitted again.
>
> Anyone interested in the details can refer to
> section 9.20 of the
> Wisconsin Statutes, which may be found in this
> document:
>
>
http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=1837&locid=47
>
> I want to thank all those who circulated petitions.
> Together we did it!
>