GET OUT THE VOTENIKOLE KILLION,
CBS NEWS, ORLANDO}
THE LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY
COMMISSION WILL ASK VOTERS
WHETHER COUNTY OFFICIALS SHOULD
BE CHOSEN THROUGH NONPARTISAN
ELECTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS GAVE INITIAL
APPROVAL TODAY TO PUT THAT
QUESTION ON THE BALLOT IN
NOVEMBER.
A MAJORITY OF VOTERS WOULD HAVE
TO APPROVE THE CHANGE.
IT WOULD AFFECT EIGHT COUNTY
OFFICES WHERE CANDIDATES ARE
CURRENTLY ELECTED WITH PARTY
LABELS.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE APPROVED A
BILL EARLIER THIS YEAR MAKING
IT EASIER FOR COUNTIES TO PUT A
SWITCH TO NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS
IN FRONT OF VOTERS.
COMMISSIONER SUSAN GOOD GEISE
(GEE-SEE)
HAS ADVOCATED NONPARTISAN
COUNTY ELECTIONS FOR YEARS.
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{"COUNTY OFFICIALS, IN DOING
THEIR BEST BY THE CITIZENS, DO
NOT ACT IN A PARTISAN FASHION.
FORCING THEM TO IDENTIFY AS
PARTISAN IN ORDER TO GET ON THE
BALLOT, PARTICULARLY DURING A
PRIMARY ELECTION, SERVES TO
LIMIT VOTER CHOICE.}
THE COUNTY COMMISSION WILL TAKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED
BALLOT QUESTION AT THEIR MEETING
JULY SECOND.
THEY WILL
