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Dear Jud ge Ber man:
In anti ci p ati on of th e 2014 Di str i ct Counci l O ffi cer El ecti on, p ur suant to h i s
r esp onsi bi l i ty for sup er vi si ng and cond ucti ng el ecti ons und er p ar agr ap h 5.k of th e June 3, 2010
S ti p ul ati on and O r d er , th e Revi ew O ffi cer h as mad e mi ni ster i al ch anges to th e 2011 F i nal
El ecti on Rul es, ch angi ng d ates to r efl ect th e l i mi ng of el ecti on p r oced ur es i n 2014 ( r ath er th an
2011)and el i mi nati ng th e unnecessar y p osi ti on of El ecti on O ffi cer ( wh i ch was h el d by a for mer
member of th e Revi ew O ffi cer ' s staff). Th e Revi ew O ffi cer seeks th e Cour t' s ap p r oval of th ese
new El ecti on Rul es ( " ERs" )i n ad vance of th e commencement of th e 2014 el ecti on cy cl e on
August 4, 2014.
F or ease of r evi ew, we note th at th e r evi sed el ecti on sch ed ul e ap p ear s on p ages 1-2 of th e
ERs. Th e d ates ap p ear i ng i n sp eci fi c secti ons of th e r ul es, e.g., Nomi nati ons, Camp ai gni ng,
Camp ai gn Contr i buti ons and Di scl osur e, and Voti ng, h ave been confor med to th e r evi sed d ates
i n th e sch ed ul e. Th e r ol e of th e El ecti on O ffi cer h as been r emoved fr om th e Pr otest Pr oced ur e
secti on at p ages 11-12, wi th th e RO now p er for mi ng th at r ol e; oth er mi scel l aneous r efer ences to
th e El ecti on O ffi cer wer e al so r emoved , such as h i s contact i nfor mati on at th e end of th e. ERs.
( Pl ease note th at th e for ms th at wer e ex h i bi ts to th e 2011 r ul es, such as th e p eti ti on for m, ar e not
i ncl ud ed wi th th i s l etter ; th e for ms wi l l be unch anged , oth er th an th e d ates). F i nal l y , th e ERs
p r ovi d e th at sh oul d th e tenur e of th e RO end , th e auth or i ty of th e offi ce sh al l be tr ansfer r ed to
any p er son
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