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Monday, May 13, 2013

Just quit the file and start a new game of Sim City

The town of Sorrento is considering just giving up after 60 years as an incorporated community.  There are a number of odd little facts in that story but the most interesting concerns an unusual type of election law.
The first step to dissolve any municipality of fewer than 2,500 residents requires a petition signed by both a majority of the registered voters and the approval of the largest landowners. That petition must then be presented to the Sorrento Town Council, which would declare a special election.

Like the petition, the election would require a majority of voters weighted by property tax value.
I don't think I've ever heard of an election where the votes were "weighted by property tax value" before.  In New Orleans, you get extra votes for stuff if you happen to be a university president or a hospitality lobbyist but that's a little bit different.

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