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Executive Committee recommends change to vacancy appointments, shifts special elections to regular election days
Summary
The Dane County Executive Committee voted to recommend an ordinance amendment (sub‑1) to the County Board that shortens the maximum appointment period for filling county board vacancies and focuses special elections on regular election days, after supervisors and staff cited state statute and local equity concerns.
The Dane County Executive Committee recommended that the County Board approve a sub‑1 amendment that shortens the maximum appointment period for county board vacancies and directs special elections to occur on regular election days.
Committee members said the change aligns county practice with state law and makes it more likely that larger numbers of voters — rather than a smaller off‑cycle electorate — will decide who fills a vacancy. Supervisor Engelberger moved the committee recommendation; the motion carried and the item was forwarded to the full County Board for final…
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