Following a final vote on July 21, 2020, the Allegheny County Board of Elections will be adding a referendum question for qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh to the 2020 November General Election ballot.
The text of the referendum question will be:
“Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article Two, Executive, be amended and supplemented by amending and adding new language to Sections 229 and 230 and adding a new Section, 231, expanding the powers of the Independent Citizen Police Review Board to allow the Board to require police officers to participate in investigations, conducting performance audits of the Police Bureau and preventing the removal of Board members except for just cause and with City Council approval?”
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Watch a brief video explaining the referendum question addition