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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA002 - Letter from Secretary of State approving plan 12/03f2001 10:32 SECRETARY OF STATE PROCESSING 3 915152395142 NO.075 P001 CHESTER J. CULVER PEE of,o� 7 LUCAS BujLiavC, FIRST Fi.00R IOWA SEGHETARl or STATE DEs MOINES, IOWA 50319 f ti T4�Y UG December 3, 2001 Ms. Diane Voss Ames City Clerk 515 Clark Ave., PO Box 811 ! C ®3 �001 , Ames, IA 50010 ----- / CITY CF ArulcS,I01 A Re: City Precinct and Ward Plan Approval Dear Ms. Voss: As you know, my office is responsible for reviewing and approving all city reprecincting and ward plans. Under Iowa law, there are several technical and legal requirements that each plan must satisfy before the plan can be approved. My office has worked closely with the no-n-partisan Legislative Service Bureau and the Iowa Attorney General's office to make sure that all of these requirements have been satisfied by each plan before it is approved_ My staff, with the guidance of the Legislative Service Bureau, has completed its review of the precinct and ward plan you have submitted for the City of Ames. The plan appears to meet all applicable requirements, and I am pleased to convey approval of your plan. Under Iowa Code section 49.7,the new precincts become effective January 15, 2002. To the extent the new precincts and new wards differ from the old precincts and old wards, the old precincts and old wards must be used for all elections before January 15, 2002. Please contact Bob Galbraith,Deputy Secretary of State for Elections and Voter Registration, if you have any questions. He can be reached by telephone at(515)281- 6598, or by e-mail at babbraith@sos_state.is.us. Sincerely, Chet ver Secretary of State TIM (515) 281-5204 FAX (515) 242-5953 www,sos_state.ia.us sos®sos.state.ia.us