§ 3.13. Submission of ordinances or issues to the qualified voters of the city.

The Council shall have authority to submit by resolution directed to the circuit court of the City of Alexandria or the judge thereof in vacation, any proposed ordinance, question or issue to the qualified voters of the city for an advisory referendum thereon. Upon the receipt of such resolution, the circuit court of the City of Alexandria or the judge thereof in vacation shall order an election to be held thereon not less than thirty nor more than sixty days after the receipt of such resolution. The election shall be conducted and the result thereof ascertained and determined in the manner provided by the general law of the Commonwealth for the conduct of referendum elections, and by the regular election officials of the city. (H.B. 1682ER, § 1, 7-1-2015)