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Our call — vote NO
The measure
Proposition 433 is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot in Chandler. It is a proposed amendment to Article II, Section 2.15 of the Chandler City Charter, eliminating the requirement that ordinances be considered twice by the City Council before adoption. It was submitted by the City Council (Resolution No. 6003), as recommended by the City Charter Amendment Resident Advisory Committee, per the pamphlet's sample ballot.
The official title, as printed in the City of Chandler Publicity Pamphlet, is: "Amending Article II, Section 2.15 of the Chandler City Charter eliminating the requirement that ordinances be considered twice by the city council."
The descriptive title states: "The charter amendment eliminates the requirement that ordinances be considered twice by the city council."
What the full amendment text printed in the pamphlet shows, fairly stated: the two-consideration structure collapses into one track. After introduction, the clerk distributes the proposed ordinance to each council member and the manager; after tentative approval it is placed on a council agenda by title, with published notice of the time and place for its consideration; consideration follows within 30 days, at a hearing where, per the charter text, "all persons interested shall have an opportunity to be heard"; the council may then adopt, amend, or reject it, and if it is amended as to any matter of substance it must go through the procedures of a newly introduced ordinance again. The text also revises the post-adoption publication language. What does not change: ordinances still take effect only 30 days after adoption, per Section 2.15(c), unless the charter provides otherwise.
What YES does
Per the pamphlet: "A 'yes' vote shall have the effect of eliminating the requirement that city council consider ordinances twice."
An ordinance can travel from introduction to adoption on a single consideration track — introduction, agenda notice, one public consideration with a hearing, adoption.
What NO does
Per the pamphlet: "A 'no' vote shall have the effect of retaining the existing charter language."
The council must still consider an ordinance twice — introduced at one meeting, finally adopted at a second — before it becomes law.
The math
There is no math in this measure, and we will not invent any. The pamphlet states no fiscal effect for Proposition 433 — no claimed saving from fewer meetings or publications is quantified or stated — and no arguments for or against it were submitted for the pamphlet. The substance is time and deliberation: one fewer required pause between a law's introduction and its adoption.
OUR CALL
Our call: NO.
The two-consideration rule is not red tape; it is a deliberation safeguard written into the city's founding document, and it does work no other step does. Between a first consideration and a second, an ordinance sits in public view while residents read it, react to it, and reach their council members — and the council votes the second time knowing what the public thinks, not guessing. Proposition 433 keeps real protections (agenda notice, a public hearing, a 30-day delay before an ordinance takes effect, and a full restart if the text is substantively amended), and we do not claim otherwise. But those protections guard the adoption meeting; the second consideration guards the interval — the cooling-off space in which a hasty or poorly understood law can be caught before it is final. Efficiency is the only gain on offer, and the pamphlet does not even quantify it. A charter-level check on lawmaking speed should not be surrendered for an unmeasured convenience. Keep the second look.
Vote NO on Proposition 433.
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Sources
- City of Chandler Publicity Pamphlet, 2026 General Election (Maricopa County Elections) — Proposition 433: Resolution No. 6003, the Section 2.15 amendment text (introduction, agenda notice, consideration and hearing, amendment restart, effective date), official title, descriptive title, and YES/NO effect language (quoted above); the pamphlet records no arguments submitted for or against and states no fiscal effect — https://elections.maricopa.gov/asset/jcr:2024694f-8f95-4b60-8e9d-43eda25fbafa/City%20of%20Chandler%20Publicity%20Pamphlet%202026%20General%20Election.pdf
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