Amendment ID: H3696-1

Amendment 1

Election type correction

Mr. Welch moves to amend the bill by striking out lines 21 to 30, inclusive and inserting in place thereof the following words:-

“SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the election commission of the city of Springfield may hold a special election to ascertain the will of the residents of Springfield, with concurrent polling hours as the state election.  The election commission shall cause the following question to be placed on the ballot at the special election to be held on November 4, 2014.

THIS QUESTION IS BINDING.

“Shall vacancies in ward seats of the city council and the school committee of the city of Springfield be filled by special election?”

SECTION 3.  If a majority of the voters casting a ballot on the question in section 2 vote in the affirmative, section 1 shall take effect on January 1, 2015.”