The mayor’s Charter Revision Commission has rejected the idea of putting the West Side football stadium up for a vote in November’s election.

The commission unanimously voted down the idea last week, saying that the issue is outside its jurisdiction and that it would be unprecedented to put a single development item on the ballot.

In a letter dated February 9 to the speaker of the City Council, Gifford Miller, the chairwoman of the commission, Ester Fuchs, explained the decision. Ms. Fuchs was responding to a request by Mr. Miller – who is looking to unseat Mayor Bloomberg – that the commission place the stadium question on the ballot. The idea was first suggested publicly by another Democratic candidate for mayor, Fernando Ferrer, the former Bronx borough president.

In a statement yesterday, Ms. Fuchs said charter commissions are prohibited from putting questions on the ballot that would amount to an “opinion poll.”

“The members of the Charter Revision Commission unanimously agreed that it would be inappropriate for the commission to place a question concerning any particular development project on the ballot, something that no Commission has ever done,” she said.

The role of a charter commission, she said, is to review the “broad structure and functions” of the government, “not interfere with individual economic projects that are properly decided upon by city and state representatives.”

A spokesman for the mayor later explained that if the commission considered a charter amendment it would apply to all projects that used public money.

Mr. Bloomberg appointed a Charter Revision Commission last year to explore fiscal stability, judicial reform, and administrative efficiency and accountability. Under state law, a mayoral referendum item takes priority over an issue pushed by another entity.

Mr. Miller said yesterday that the stadium fits in the category of “fiscal stability” and therefore falls under this commission’s purview.

“Of course it’s not unprecedented,” he told The New York Sun. “The reason why it’s necessary is because the mayor has taken every other conceivable step to avoid any kind of public review.”

The speaker cited a 1998 effort, blocked by Mayor Giuliani, to place on the ballot a question about a proposal for city financing of a new stadium for the Yankees.

Some critics, including Mr. Miller, have said that when the mayor created the existing commission, he was trying to block a referendum on the New York Sports and Convention Center, which would serve as a home for the New York Jets and the principal Olympics venue should New York be named host city of the 2012 Games.

Mr. Miller wrote back to Ms. Fuchs, calling for the commission to hold public hearings on a ballot question concerning the mayor’s proposed financing plan for the stadium. Mr. Miller wants that plan, which would use money the city gets from businesses in lieu of taxes, to be put through City Council review.

The administration has said the mayor has the authority to make that decision. It says the stadium would provide thousands of jobs and spur the local economy.