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Yuma City Charter, Article IV, Section 6: Nomination for primary election
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Current codified Charter provision describing nomination petitions for City office.
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Existing rule uses 3%–5% of valid ballots in the preceding general municipal election. The provision also addresses qualified electors, presentation under state law, and Clerk certification.
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- VerifiedProposition 437 would change the signature-calculation denominator from the preceding general municipal election to the preceding primary municipal election.
The election supplying the valid-ballot count changes.
- VerifiedProposition 437 would leave the 3%–5% nomination-signature range unchanged.
Both percentage endpoints remain; the election basis changes.
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The percentages stay at 3%–5%. The proposal changes which preceding election supplies the ballot count, while future signature totals remain turnout-dependent.
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Two ballot measures, two different decisions: what changes and what stays the same for Yuma’s spending authority and candidate nomination signatures.
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- Yuma Propositions 436 & 437
A plain-English evidence guide to City of Yuma Propositions 436 and 437 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Proposition 436 concerns a permanent adjustment to the City's expenditure base. Proposition 437 concerns how nomination-petition signature requirements for City elected office are calculated.