I, {{YourFirstName}} {{YourLastName}}, live at {{YourAddress}} in the City of Kalamazoo and am petitioning the City of Kalamazoo Board of Commissioners to support a resolution to add 22 open-service office hours beyond Proposal 18-3 requirements. Additional clerk office hours beyond normal business hours will help to increase the accessibility of our City Clerk’s office in the final weeks leading up to the election. I would also like to show my support for a satellite clerk office to be opened on the campus of Western Michigan University to better serve student voters living on campus. 

Proposal 3, passed by a margin of 2-to-1 in November of 2018 and reduced the barriers for voting in the State of Michigan. Our city commission should strongly consider a resolution to further expand voting services during the weeks leading up to the election to better serve voters in our community.

Thank you for your consideration,

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RESOLVED, that for even-year, November general elections and preceding primaries held in the same year, the City Clerk will develop a plan to expand voting and registration access beyond the minimum required by the Michigan Constitution and include the cost of this plan in the budget request for the Office of the City Clerk;

RESOLVED, City Clerk’s office and satellite locations, where applicable, should be open for in-person registration and absentee voting for a minimum of 22 open-office service hours beyond both ordinary business hours and the constitutionally mandated eight-hour weekend requirement. 

RESOLVED, the City Clerk’s office will staff at least one satellite clerk location at a local university or other location(s) reasonably believed to increase voter accessibility. 

RESOLVED, the City Clerk’s office will include a plan to broadly publicize the expanded hours and satellite clerk offices.

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