Policy Order O-1
Councillor Cheung, Vice Mayor Davis, Councillor Decker, Councillor Kelley, Mayor Maher, Councillor Reeves, Councillor Seidel, Councillor Simmons, Councillor Toomey
WHEREAS: It has come to the attention of the Cambridge City Council that numerous Cambridge residents when trying to vote during last week's election were told that they were labeled as "inactive" or were registered under a misspelled or wrong address; and
WHEREAS: Residents deemed "inactive" felt that they have participated recently in voting and should not have been labeled as inactive and residents told that they were registered under a wrong or misspelled address believed that they had filled out their voter registration card properly without misspelling or providing wrong address information; now therefore be it
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to confer with the Executive Director of the Election Commission to look into these matters and report back to the City Council with their findings and a course of action for improvements in these areas; and be it further
ORDERED: That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to instruct the Executive Director of the Election Commission to look into the problems with management companies of large buldings not treating the census forms appropriately.