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Council voted 4-3 to find that a petition seeking a charter ban on data center construction lacked enough valid signatures. The ordinance required 820 signatures, while the Board of Elections verified 336 of 464 submitted signatures; Council also tabled the alternative ordinance that would have sent the proposal to the November 3 ballot.
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The proposed citywide data center prohibition will not proceed to the November 3 ballot under Council’s decision. Council interpreted the charter’s 10% requirement as applying to 8,197 eligible electors, rather than the 1,277 ballots cast in the prior municipal election. The city law director also outlined potential legal challenges involving the proposal’s 25-megawatt threshold, enforcement, and effects on previously approved projects.
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