Chair defends weighted ballots for Library Board appointments; county attorney urges future open‑session tabulation
After concerns about a weighted ballot used at a prior meeting for Library Board appointments, Chairman Larry Allen and County Attorney Micah Wyatt said the process complied with board policy though Wyatt said he would prefer tabulation and vote counting be done in open session going forward.
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Chairman Larry Allen addressed concerns raised about weighted ballots used at the prior meeting to select Library Board appointees, saying the commission had done nothing egregious and that weighted ballots have been used historically. County Attorney Micah Wyatt explained the ballots were distributed before a lunch recess, tabulated during recess, and the results announced when the regular session reconvened; Wyatt said the process complied with board policy but indicated he would prefer the vote tabulation occur in open session in future meetings.
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