Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to Councilmembers elected at large, including the number of such members who shall serve on Council, the number of candidates for Councilmember at large each party or other political body is permitted to nominate, and the number of Councilmembers at large for which each elector has the right to vote, and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Goode
Introduced: September 18, 2008
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Lapsed
This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.
That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.
This bill proposes a change to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter that would allow each party or political body to nominate up to six candidates for Councilmember at large and give each voter the right to vote for up to six Councilmembers.
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