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Buffalo voters approved all 11 city charter changes on Election Day
The Daily Buffalo team
If you flipped your ballot over Tuesday, you helped rewrite the city's rulebook. Voters approved all 11 charter changes, and WIVB reported that all but one got more than 70% of the vote. Even the least popular, which clarifies that an acting mayor has a mayor's powers, passed 67% to 33%.
Every charter question got at least 67% yes
Source: WIVB News 4
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| 1 Acting powers | 67.1% |
| 2 Charter review | 86.1% |
| 3 Council seat | 82.4% |
| 4 Dormant boards | 90.5% |
| 5 Acting mayor | 76.25% |
| 6 Boards website | 91.1% |
| 7 Task forces | 71% |
| 8 Budget review | 72.2% |
| 9 Election task force | 73.5% |
| 10 Police panel | 76.6% |
| 11 Human rights | 81.7% |
Investigative Post reported that the Commission on Human Rights will be able to investigate workplace and housing discrimination and abuses by police, and that it can issue subpoenas. Charter Revision Commission chair Laurence Rubin said many changes take effect immediately, while setting up the new commissions should take a couple of months.
- Civilian Police Advisory Commission: to be empaneled by February
- Prop 8: comptroller gets more time to review the mayor's budget
- Prop 9: a task force will study election reforms
- Prop 2: a Charter Revision Commission at least every 10 years
Three charter questions passed with tens of thousands of yes votes
Totals through noon Wednesday
Prop 1: acting officials' powers
Prop 10: civilian police commission
Prop 11: Commission on Human Rights
Source: WIVB News 4
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| Race | Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prop 1: acting officials' powers | Yes, won | 35,298 | 67.1% |
| Prop 1: acting officials' powers | No | 17,273 | 32.9% |
| Prop 10: civilian police commission | Yes, won | 39,069 | 76.6% |
| Prop 10: civilian police commission | No | 11,939 | 23.4% |
| Prop 11: Commission on Human Rights | Yes, won | 42,053 | 81.7% |
| Prop 11: Commission on Human Rights | No | 9,419 | 18.3% |
Sources: WIVB News 4, WKBW, Investigative Post