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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 7, 2023 Page 9 Councilmember Schroeder asked when the early voting is starting this year. Mayor Roe indicated with this year's election, the date would move from September 22nd to September 4th, if there is no primary. Councilmember Schroeder stated she would want to get this changed sooner than later just because of that. Mayor Roe explained he understood that but wondered why the two years of elections are treated differently. He also wondered if school board elections and whatever else might be on an odd year election is less important than general elections and once again, is there something in State law that makes it have to be forty-six days? City Attorney Cruz-Jennings indicated this would need to be looked into. Mr.Trudgeon explained in doing his research,he did not recall anything but he can see in State Statute in 211b.045 that allows campaign signs forty-six days before the State primary in a State general election. Mayor Roe thought based on that the City Code was trying to be consistent with the State law with regard to those. Mr. Trudgeon explained how the City diverged twenty-one days in non-State primary, State general elections. He was not quite sure, noting it could be peculiar to Roseville, it might be the standard, or might be some reference to the code, but he has not come across it. Mayor Roe explained Roseville used to hold municipal elections in odd years as well and in that case, the only signs that were up in Roseville during even years were State-related offices and issues. He imagined that it was originally drafted to be consistent with State law with regard to State elections in paragraph A, which is where the forty-six days might have come from. Then paragraph B was created for municipal elections. It seems like, with respect to fairness, the City might want to make it the same in every election year. The Council indicated agreement with that suggestion. Mayor Roe explained if the Council were to take this up tonight,it sounded like the consensus would be to change the date in paragraph B, or the number of days from twenty-one days in both instances to forty-six days, to be consistent. The Council concurred.