10 Alderman sponsored an amendment to the agenda for the July 23 Human Relations Committee so that the Committee could evaluate a resolution to put an advisory referendum on the November ballot to gauge voter interest in an elected school board. Alderman Moore,the chairman, refuses to allow the matter a public hearing because the paperwork was filed 3 minutes late. According to the Open Meetings Act, public bodies are required to file public meeting notices 48 hours in advance of the meeting. Any changes to the agenda must be made 48 hours or more in advance of the meeting. The filing to amend the agenda was time stamped 10:03 am Thursday, July 19. The meeting is scheduled for 10:00 am July 23. The city's interpretation of 48 hours is 2 business days, and not a literal 48 hours. Even though the filing was time stamped 95 hours and 57 minutes ahead of the meeting time, Alderman Moore is saying that the filing is improper, because the paperwork was not filed 2 business days ahead of time. As a result, community based organizations who want to see this measure on November's ballot must organize in every ward in Chicago if they want to see the referendum on the ballot in every ward. This will require getting signatures, the amount of which equals 8% of the turnout in the 2010 gubernatorial general election. If you circulate citywide, you must get 8% of the 2010 gubernatorial general election turnout for the city. If you circulate in a ward, you need 8% of the ward turnout for November 2010. If you circulate in a precinct, you need 8% of the turnout for the precinct in November 2010.

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