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Rockland County Proposition 1: County Charter amendments

On the ballot in
Rockland County
Vote
Yes or no
Election
Nov 3, 2026

The question, as printed on the ballot

Should the local law entitled "A local law amending the Rockland County Charter", adopted by the Legislature of Rockland County that: reforms the formatting and language of the Charter; amends certain definitions of terms used therein to bring them into line with long-standing practices; amends the power to approve and execute contracts over $100,000; amends the listed types of internal legislative actions; amends the power of the County Executive to unilaterally correct erroneous taxes; permits the Legislature to have its own Legislative Counsel; amends the procedure for executive branch board vacancies; amends the composition of the Capital Projects Committee and the powers of the Commissioner of Planning with respect to that committee; amends the executive budget proposal process to make formal departmental proposals optional; abolishes the Department of Hospitals and the title of its Commissioner; authorizes the Sheriff to appoint multiple Undersheriffs; requires the Public Defender and County Attorney to have at least ten years of experience at the time of appointment; and renames the administrative agency presently known as the Commission of Human Rights to the Department of Human Rights, and clarifies that the Commissioner on Human Rights is the executive head of the Department of Human Rights, and sets the membership of the Commission on Human Rights at 13 members, BE APPROVED?

A “Yes” vote means

A yes vote approves the Legislature's local law amending the County Charter as listed in the question (contracts, legislative counsel, hospitals, undersheriffs, human rights).

A “No” vote means

A no vote rejects the local law; the County Charter is not amended by it.

Printed on every GE26 sample ballot as "County of Rockland, Charter Amendment, Proposition Number 1"; the ballot text is enclosed in quotation marks.

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