{"id":220236,"date":"2026-03-25T19:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/220236\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:57:10","slug":"what-to-know-about-richardsons-upcoming-charter-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/220236\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about Richardson\u2019s upcoming charter election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cor.net\/home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Richardson<\/a> residents will have the chance to vote on 50 amendments to the city\u2019s charter May 2.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>According to the city\u2019s website, the charter is a document that establishes the city\u2019s government structure and provides for the distribution of powers and duties among the various branches of government.<\/p>\n<p>City Secretary Aimee Nemer previously said the following proposed amendments are substantive:<\/p>\n<p>Proposition D: increase council compensation to $150 per meeting, and then $200 per meeting in 2030Proposition E: establish procedures for adjudicating a charge of misconduct for charter violationsProposition J: add one-year district residency requirement for council membersProposition M: require a recall petition to have the grounds for the recall be clearly stated on the petitionProposition V: require insurance coverage for city officials and employees to protect the city from loss caused by a city official or employeeProposition Z: add one-year residency requirement for board and commission membersProposition MM: reduce percentage of voters required to file an initiative or referendum petition from 10% to 8%Proposition RR: add section for continuity of government in case of disastersProposition SS: require a code of ethics for members of council and boards adopted, and conduct a review of the code of ethics at least once every two yearsProposition WW: prohibit a resigning mayor or council member from voting on the appointment of their own replacement to fill the remainder of their unexpired termProposition XX: require a mayor or council member to automatically resign from their current office if they become a candidate for a different elective public officeThe remaining propositions, Nemer said, are largely grammatical corrections or clarifying language. The full details for all 50 amendments can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cor.net\/government\/city-secretary\/elections\/charter-election-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on the city\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s next<\/p>\n<p>The election for the 50 charter amendments will take place May 2, in conjunction with the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/dallas-fort-worth\/richardson\/government\/2026\/02\/10\/richardson-city-council-calls-election-for-2234-million-bond\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">bond election<\/a>. Early voting will take place from April 20-28.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richardson residents will have the chance to vote on 50 amendments to the city\u2019s charter May 2. What&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[9701,53077,409,160,162,161,959],"class_list":["post-220236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-amendments","tag-charter","tag-election","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}