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Maury Wills Jersey ' fate -- rather, the fate of their future in San Diego -- is officially in the hands of the voters. on Saturday, the signatures it gathered in support of placing its stadium proposal on the November ballot were verified by the San Diego city clerk. It only needed 66,447, yet the team came up with over 110,000 names. "The entire Chargers organization is grateful to all of those who helped qualify our initiative for the November 2016 ballot," said Chargers chairman Dean Spanos "We gathered more than 110,000 signatures in le s than six weeks, an extraordinary result that demonstrates the
Walker Buehler Jersey high level of community interest in a new multi-use stadium and convention center facility downtown. I would again like to thank all of those who signed the petition along with the fan groups, labor organizations, and busine ses large and small that helped with our effort." But, not every signature pa sed the verification proce s: City Clerk Elizabeth Maland explains the letter verifying the initiative that a
Hyun-Jin Ryu Jersey random sampling of three percent of the 110,380 signatures submitted (3,312) showed a total of 2,434 qualified votes. Projecting that rate (73.49 percent) to the full number of signatures, it was deemed that 78,964 valid signatures were submitted. This means that 31,416 invalid signatures were submitted -- or more than one of every four. The invalid signatures don't matter anymore. The Chargers will get their shot to build their $1.8 billion stadium and convention center in San Diego. Of that $1.8 billion, the NFL and the Chargers would pay $650 million. They'll need the backing of a ton of voters to follow through with their plans, though. As explained a couple of weeks ago, the Chargers' stadium initiative, which
Ross Stripling Jersey involves increasing San Diego's hotel room tax by four percent, might be required to gain not just a simple majority: The California State Supreme Court decided to temporarily block a lower court ruling that said tax increases like the Chargers downtown stadium
Julio Urias Jersey initiative require approval from a simple majority instead of two-thirds of voters. The court said it will review the ruling at a time to be determined. also reports that support for the stadium initiative is low, according to polls. If the Chargers don't gain the nece sary votes, they'll be free to join the Rams in Los Angeles following the season.